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Clinic Clin Clinical Clino Clinocephaly Clinodactyly
Engraved before 1811 from an original in the then Museum Pio Clemens in Rome (Click for details)
Esculapius (Medicine) between Mercury (Merchants) and the Graces (Medicine, Hygiene and Panacea)
Esculapius dealt with Patients - Merchants make deals with Clients

~ CLIN     or
~ ~CLIN    prefix or
~ CLIN~    prefix for see> KNEE
^u         suffix or ending in MANY BIOLOGIC TERMS
           id+ | BENT | also
           id+ | SLOPE as in INCLINE or CLINAL |
                 as in CLINICAL for TO BEND TOWARD |
~ CLINAL   id+ | KNEE and BENT |
~ CLINIC   id+ | MEDICAL CENTER TO RECLINE |
~ CLINO~         prefix for BENT CROOKED
~ CLINOCEPHALY   id+ | BENT HEAD | or
                 med> CONCAVE VERTEX OF THE HEAD
~ CLINODACTYLY   id+ | BENT DIGIT |
                 med> FINGER or TOE BENT
  INWARD or MEDIALLY or OUTWARD or LATERALLY
  note see> ANKYLO a synonym for BENT  STIFF
  note etymology
       starting with ideas in KNEE  BEND
        ANKYLO
  ukr   KOLINO      = KNEE
  sp    COLINA        HILL            sug> RECLINE
  gr    KHENEU        BEND or BULGE of the
                      KNEE or ANKLE or also
        KMENE         SHIN of the LEG
  med>  CNEMIUS       suffix for BULGE or
                      BELLY LIKE PROMINENCE as in
                      GASTROCNEMIUS for a
                      MUSCLE WITH A BULGE
  note                continue with ideas in
                      BENT  TWIST
  eng   HUMP          SWELL           sug> PEAK
  ukr   HORB          HUMP            sug> BLOAT
  sp    JOROBA        HUMP            sug> MOUND
  ukr   KHOROBA       DISEASE         sug> MALADY
  gr    KHURTOS       TWIST  BEND or
  eng   KINK          BEND
  note                continue with ideas in
                      BENT as in
                      INCLINE DECLINE RECLINE
  gr    KLINEIN       TO SLOPE
        KLIMEIN       COUCH  BED  sug> CLIMB
  med>  CLINOID       BED SHAPED
        KLINIKA       CLINIC from
  gr    KLINIKOS      A BED
  med>  CLINIC        PERTAINING TO BED
  lat   CLINICUS      BEDRIDDEN PERSON
  med>  CLINICAL      BEDSIDE SCIENTIFIC DETACHED
                      ACTIVITY TO HELP DECLINING HEALTH
  gr    KLIMAX        LADDER
  med>  CLIMAX        RISING SENSATIONS
  note                more about
                      BENT or ARCHED
  sp    CAMARA        CHAMBER or
  eng   CAMERA        ACLOVE often under a
                      BENT or ARCHED CEILING
        CAMARADERIE   LODGE as per BROTHERHOOD
        COMRADE       SUPPORTER or
  sp    CAMARADA      FRIEND
  eng   CABARET       SMALL NIGHT CLUB
  sp    CABAN~A       RURAL CABIN or ABODE
  note more about       BENDING or CURVING
  gr      KAMPSAI       TO BEND  CURVED
          KHAMPE        WINDING eg RIVER a
  biol>   KHAMPE        CATERPILLAR MOVES BENDING
  gr      KAMPSIS       BENT
  biol>   CAMPODEA      INSECTS THAT BEND AS THEY MOVE
  sc>  ANAKAMPSIS       BENT LIGHT by being
                        REFRACTED or REFLECTED
  biol>  CAMPTOSORUS    BENDING FERNS
  med>   CAMPTODACTYLY  BENT DIGITS
  gr     CAMPONOTUS     BENDING BACK also
  biol>  CAMPONOTUS     GENDER OF ANTS
  eng    CAMP           FIELD and to BIVOUAC as per
       ENCAMP           or
       DECAMP           LEAVE CAMP
         CAMPAMENTO     ENCAMPMENT
  eng    CAMPUS         FIELD or OPEN SPACE
         CAMPAIGN       EXPEDITION  DRIVE
  sp     CAMPAN~A       same and OPEN COUNTRY
         CAMPO          LARGE TREELESS FIELD
         SCAMP           RASCAL
  note  more about      BENT or BENDING
  gr      KAMPE         JOIN and
          KMENE         HAM and SHIN
  sp      GAMBERRA      PROSTITUTE
          GAMBETA       PRANCE
  eng     GAMBIT        RISKY ACTION thus a
          GAMBLE        GAME OF CHANCE
  old eng GAMEN         evolved into
  eng     GAME          sug> BLACKGAMMON
  it      GAMBADO       BOOT TO PROTECT THE THIGH
  music>  GAMBA         in VIOLA da GAMBA for
                        VIOLA HELD BETWEEN GAMBAS
                        or THIGHS
  sp      GAMBA         THIGH  LEG
  eng     GAMBIT        TRICK MANEUVER
  fr      JAMBE         HORSE'S HOCK
          JAMBON        or
  sp      JAMAR         TO EAT
          JAMON         HAUNCH OF A HOG or HAM
  fr      JAMBE         LEG
          JAMBON        for
  eng     HAM           made from
                        BUTTOCK and THIGH
  ukr     SHINKA        HAM and note
  eng     SHIN          which returns us to
  gr      KMENE         for HAM and SHIN
  cont> see> KNEE  see> HIP  see> HAM
  lit+  CLIMAX refers to
        IDEAS ARRANGED IN STEPS
  THE LAST BEING THE MOST FORCEFUL
  IMPLIES THE SUMMIT OF GROWING SENSATIONS
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