definitions

clinical

[ klin-i-kuh l ]
/ 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.
  1. (of a sacrament) administered on a deathbed or sickbed.
  2. (of a convert or conversion) made on a deathbed or sickbed.

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Nearby words

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Origin of clinical

First recorded in 1770–80; clinic + -al1
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British Dictionary definitions for clinically

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 Formsclinically, adverbclinicalness, noun
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Word Origin and History for clinically

clinical

adj.

1780, "pertaining to hospital patients or hospital care," from clinic + -al (2). Meaning "coldly dispassionate" (like a medical report) is recorded from 1928. Related: Clinically.

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper

Medicine definitions for clinically

clinical

[ klĭn′ĭ-kəl ]

adj.

Relating to the bedside treatment of a patient or to the course of the disease.
Relating to the observed symptoms and course of a disease.
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