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clinical
[klin-i-kuhl]
adjective
pertaining to a clinic.
concerned with or based on actual observation and treatment of disease in patients rather than experimentation or theory.
extremely objective and realistic; dispassionately analytic; unemotionally critical.
She regarded him with clinical detachment.
pertaining to or used in a sickroom.
a clinical bandage.
Ecclesiastical.
(of a sacrament) administered on a deathbed or sickbed.
(of a convert or conversion) made on a deathbed or sickbed.
clinical
/ ˈɪɪə /
adjective
of or relating to a clinic
of or relating to the bedside of a patient, the course of his disease, or the observation and treatment of patients directly
a clinical lecture
clinical medicine
scientifically detached; strictly objective
a clinical attitude to life
plain, simple, and usually unattractive
clinical furniture
Other Word Forms
- clinically adverb
- nonclinical adjective
- nonclinically adverb
- overclinical adjective
- overclinically adverb
- semiclinical adjective
- semiclinically adverb
- unclinical adjective
- ˈԾԱ noun
- ˈԾ adverb
Example Sentences
Mrs Sherry had to make a number of trips to London, including a clinical review and T-cell harvesting for the therapy.
Responses from more than a quarter suggested signs of clinical depression.
In typically clinical fashion, they took this early chance as captain Conan peeled off the back of the maul and powered over.
"A lot of that is down to clinical availability, but also premises," she said.
Myeloma cannot be cured, but clinical trials last year showed the Trojan horse therapy halted the cancer for three years, compared to 13 months with current therapies.
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