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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
Derived Forms
- ˈԾԱ, noun
- ˈԾ, adverb
Other 51Թ Forms
- i·· adverb
- ԴDz·i· adjective
- non·i·· adverb
- v·i· adjective
- over·i·· adverb
- i·i· adjective
- semi·i·· adverb
- ܲ·i· adjective
Example Sentences
It said on Thursday that it would look into a ban on any policies that would curtail vets' "clinical freedom".
Dr Sue Mann, national clinical director in women's health for NHS England, said the new pill was welcome news for women living with endometriosis.
James Tibbott, clinical lead for gynaecology at Leeds Teaching Hospitals, who performed Stacey's surgery, said her condition prior to the operation was "the stuff of nightmares, in the nicest possible way".
Escanuela landed in the target group — the fortunate half — of the random clinical trial.
“In addition, the reports state that drug testing results should be used for clinical purposes only.”
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