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clinicus.

physician attending patient in bed; bedridden patient; one baptized when sick;

8 characters3 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

noun[ˈkliː.nɪ.kʊs]Classical-Latin[ˈkliː.ni.kus]
  1. a physician who tends to patients who are bedridden

    declension-2 · obsolete
  2. a bearer of the bier, sexton, gravedigger

    declension-2 · obsolete
  3. a patient who is bedridden

    Late-Latin · declension-2
  4. one who is baptized when ill or infirm

    Late-Latin · declension-2
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Ancient Greek κλῑνικός (klīnikós), from κλῑ́νη (klī́nē, “the bed”). See also clīnicē.

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