clinicus

Latin

noun
Definitions
  • (post-classical) a physician who tend to patient who are bedridden
  • (post-classical) a bearer of the bier, sexton, gravedigger
  • (Late Latin) a patient who is bedridden
  • (Late Latin) one who is baptize when ill or infirm

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek κλῑνικός.

Origin

Ancient Greek

κλῑνικός

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