clerk
//klɑːk//
Forms
- Plural
- clerks
- present (v1)
- clerk
- past (v2)
- clerked
- past participle (v3)
- clerked
- present participle
- clerking
- 3rd person singular
- clerks
Definitions
1.One who occupationally provides assistance by working with records, accounts, letters, etc.; an office worker.
2.A facilitator of a Quaker meeting for business affairs.
1.To assemble information about a patient during their initial assessment by actions such as a taking a detailed medical history and performing a physical examination.
- You should present a case you have clerked to a doctor (registrar or consultant) and discuss your choice of investigations and management.
- The best way to get involved is to clerk new patients on the ward prior to the rounds and then present your clerkings to the person leading the round.
- The best preparation for the long case is to clerk patients on the wards and in outpatients within a strict 60 minutes. This would include deciding on a policy of management.
2.To act as a clerk, to perform the duties or functions of a clerk.
- The law school graduate clerked for the supreme court judge for the summer.
Frequency
Overall
Rare· #4427
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Rare
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
Etymology
From Middle English clerc, from Old English clerc, from Late Latin clēricus (“priest, clergyman, cleric”, also generally “learned man, clerk”), from Ancient Greek κληρικός (klērikós, “of the clergy”, adj. in church jargon), from κλῆρος (klêros, “lot, inheritance”, originally “shard used in casting lots”). Doublet of cleric.