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Where does “clinicus” come from?

clinicus (Latin) comes from Ancient Greek κλινικός, from Ancient Greek -ικός, from Ancient Greek -κός, from Proto-Indo-European -ḱos — -y, -ic.

clinicus (Latin): a physician who tends to patients who are...

Definitions

  1. a physician who tends to patients who are...

Ancestry of “clinicus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekκλινικόςof or pertaining to a bed; bedridden; a physician
2Ancient Greek-ικόςof or pertaining to, in the manner of; -ic
3Ancient Greek-κόςforms adjectives with the sense of 'of or...
4Proto-Indo-European-ḱos-y, -ic

Words derived from “clinicus”

  • clinical
  • clinic
  • clinically
  • preclinical
  • subclinical
  • nonclinical
  • monoclinic
  • triclinic
  • polyclinic
  • subclinically
  • electroclinical
  • preclinically
  • paraclinical
  • aclinical
  • policlinic
  • preclinic
  • psychoclinical
  • postclinic
  • polyclinical
  • unclinical
  • pseudoclinical
  • unclinically
  • clinicality
  • clinicalize
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