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   clinical

   /ˈklɪnɪkl/

   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. very efficient and without feeling; coldly detached: "nothing was left to chance—everything was clinical" Similar detachedimpersonaldispassionateobjectiveuninvolveddistantremotealoofremovedcoldindifferentneutralunsympatheticunfeelingunemotionalnon-emotionalunsentimentalscientificanalyticrationallogicalhard-headedsoberbusinesslikeOpposite emotional
   • ▪ (of a room or building) bare, functional, and clean: "the room was white and clinical" Similar plainsimpleunadornedunornamentedunembellishedstarkaustereseverespartanasceticmonasticbleakbarechastecheerlesscleanfunctionalbasicinstitutionalimpersonalcharacterlesssoullesscolourlessantisepticinformal:no frillsOpposite luxurious

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

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2. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishCLINICAL | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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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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   Clinical means involving or relating to the direct medical treatment or testing of patients. [ medicine ] The first clinical trials were expected to begin next year.

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   Clinical means relating to medical treatment and tests, or only considering facts and not influenced by emotions. Learn more about the word, its usage and translations in different languages.

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   Learn the meaning of clinical as an adjective relating to medicine, patients, or coldness. See how to use it in sentences and collocations with pictures and pronunciation.

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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.