医院|いいんiin[1]atamadaka (head-high)

1. noundoctor's office; doctor's surgery; clinic
   手術しゅじゅつは医院いいん内ないで三さん十分じゅうぶん以内いないに完了かんりょうします。↗

   The surgery, performed at our clinic, is over in half an hour.

• Synonym診療所しんりょうじょWrittenWritten/formal term used in legal documents for small medical facilities with 19 beds or fewer; 「医院」 is the everyday word, often seen as 「〇〇医院」.
• SynonymクリニックNeutralNeutral loanword for a clinic; fits general, comprehensive and specialty clinics alike and is common in clinic names. 「医院」 is the traditional Sino-Japanese term.

For a small clinic in everyday speech, 「医院」 is the default, as in 「〇〇医院」. Use 「診療所」 in legal or official writing for facilities with 19 beds or fewer; 「クリニック」 is common in clinic names and covers general, comprehensive and specialty clinics.

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1. 病人びょうにんやけが人にんを診察しんさつ、治療ちりょうするところ。病院びょういん及および診療所しんりょうじょの総称そうしょう。特とくに小規模しょうきぼな病院びょういんをいう。