"free clinic" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: free clinics [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} free clinic (plural free clinics)
  1. (US) A health care facility offering services to economically disadvantaged individuals for free or at a nominal cost. Tags: US Synonyms: hippie clinic
    Sense id: en-free_clinic-en-noun-ulHsOkGv Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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