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   Clin·i·cal

   /ˈklinək(ə)l/

   

   adjective

   • 1. relating to the observation and treatment of actual patients rather than theoretical or laboratory studies: "clinical medicine"
   • ▪ (of a disease or condition) causing observable and recognizable symptoms: "clinical depression"
   • 2. efficient and unemotional; coldly detached: "the clinical detail of a textbook" Similar detachedimpersonaldispassionateobjectiveuninvolveddistantremotealoofremovedcoldindifferentneutralunsympatheticunfeelingunemotionalnonemotionalunsentimentalscientificanalyticrationallogicalhardheadedsoberbusinesslikeOpposite emotional
   • ▪ (of a room or building) bare, functional, and clean: "the room was white and clinical" Similar plainsimpleunadornedunornamentedunembellishedstarkaustereseverespartanasceticmonasticbleakbarechastecheerlesscleanfunctionalbasicinstitutionalimpersonalcharacterlesssoullesscolorlessantisepticinformal:no frillsOpposite luxurious

   Word Origin late 18th century: from Greek klinikē ‘bedside’ (see clinic) + -al.

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   The meaning of CLINICAL is of, relating to, or conducted in or as if in a clinic. How to use clinical in a sentence.

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   (of medical work or teaching) relating to examining and treating someone who is ill: Clinical tests have so far failed to show the cause of her illness. Clinical also means considering a situation without showing or feeling any emotion: Mac's air of clinical disinterest did not always sit well with his associates.

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   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.

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   Something that's clinical is based on or connected to the study of patients. Clinical medications have actually been used by real people, not just studied theoretically.

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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.

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   CLINICAL meaning: 1 : relating to or based on work done with real patients of or relating to the medical treatment that is given to patients in hospitals, clinics, etc.; 2 : requiring treatment as a medical problem.

8. www.collinsdictionary.com › english › clinicalCLINICAL definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

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   Clinical means involving or relating to the direct medical treatment or testing of patients.