B1🏥 Medical
Italian word
clinica
private hospital, clinic (often a small specialist facility)
Looks like
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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