clinical
[ klin-i-kuhl ]
/ ˈklɪn ɪ kəl /
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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.
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British Dictionary definitions for clinical
clinical
/ (ˈklɪnɪkəl) /
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 directlya clinical lecture; clinical medicine
scientifically detached; strictly objectivea clinical attitude to life
plain, simple, and usually unattractiveclinical furniture
Derived forms of clinical
clinically, adverbclinicalness, nounCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition
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