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B1🏥 Medical

Italian word

clinica

private hospital, clinic (often a small specialist facility)

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clinic

a small outpatient medical facility, not usually a hospital

⚠️ The trap

In Italian 'clinica' typically refers to a private hospital or full surgical facility, much larger and more serious than the English 'clinic'. An outpatient doctor's office is 'ambulatorio'.

To say "a small outpatient medical facility, not usually a hospital" in Italian:

ambulatorio (for a small outpatient clinic)

"clinica" in English means:

private hospital, clinic (often a small specialist facility)

Example

"Mia madre è stata operata in una clinica privata."

"My mother had surgery at a private hospital."

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