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clinical

[ klin-i-kuhl ]

adjective

  1. pertaining to a clinic.
  2. concerned with or based on actual observation and treatment of disease in patients rather than experimentation or theory.
  3. extremely objective and realistic; dispassionately analytic; unemotionally critical:

    She regarded him with clinical detachment.

  4. pertaining to or used in a sickroom:

    a clinical bandage.

  5. Ecclesiastical.
    1. (of a sacrament) administered on a deathbed or sickbed.
    2. (of a convert or conversion) made on a deathbed or sickbed.


clinical

/ ˈklɪnɪkəl /

adjective

  1. of or relating to a clinic
  2. 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

  3. scientifically detached; strictly objective

    a clinical attitude to life

  4. plain, simple, and usually unattractive

    clinical furniture

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • ˈclinicalness, noun
  • ˈclinically, adverb
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Other Words From

  • clini·cal·ly adverb
  • non·clini·cal adjective
  • non·clini·cal·ly adverb
  • over·clini·cal adjective
  • over·clini·cal·ly adverb
  • semi·clini·cal adjective
  • semi·clini·cal·ly adverb
  • un·clini·cal adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of clinical1

First recorded in 1770–80; clinic + -al 1
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Example Sentences

The hearing was told that Ms Robinson had contacted him outside her work hours without clinical justification, breaching professional boundaries.

From BBC

The Fremont, Calif., company he co-founded in 2016 doesn’t receive federal money, but its technology and clinical trails are regulated by the Food and Drug Administration.

Justin Frank is a former clinical professor of psychiatry at the George Washington University Medical Center and the author of "Trump on the Couch: Inside the Mind of the President."

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It added that clinical psychologist Dr Dale Thomas worked with the two national teams and the Welsh Rugby Players Association.

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This includes offering clinical support, and creating programs that support moderators' wellbeing.

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