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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

/ ˈ°ì±ôɪ²Ôɪ°ìÉ™±ô /

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

  • ˈ³¦±ô¾±²Ô¾±³¦²¹±ô²Ô±ð²õ²õ, noun
  • ˈ³¦±ô¾±²Ô¾±³¦²¹±ô±ô²â, adverb
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ³¦±ô¾±²Ôi·³¦²¹±ô·±ô²â adverb
  • ²Ô´Ç²Ô·³¦±ô¾±²Ôi·³¦²¹±ô adjective
  • non·³¦±ô¾±²Ôi·³¦²¹±ô·±ô²â adverb
  • ´Çv±ð°ù·³¦±ô¾±²Ôi·³¦²¹±ô adjective
  • over·³¦±ô¾±²Ôi·³¦²¹±ô·±ô²â adverb
  • ²õ±ð³¾î€…i·³¦±ô¾±²Ôi·³¦²¹±ô adjective
  • semi·³¦±ô¾±²Ôi·³¦²¹±ô·±ô²â adverb
  • ³Ü²Ô·³¦±ô¾±²Ôi·³¦²¹±ô adjective
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of clinical1

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

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Some 3,000 women a year could benefit from capivasertib after a clinical trial showed it can slow progression of the disease, and shrink tumours in a quarter of people.

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But he added: "This is a big step along the path to clinical implementation, but it is still a long road."

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With clinical depression, you have five or more symptoms, like low appetite, change in appetite, poor sleep, low energy, feeling restless, guilt, hopelessness, suicidal ideation.

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They aim to carry out a total of 15 as part of a clinical trial.

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While home with her mum Susan and dad Stephen, she decided "on a little bit of a whim" to walk a marathon around Fairhaven Lake to raise funds for the clinical research team at King's.

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