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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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   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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   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.

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   Definition of clinical adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

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   CLINICAL definition: 1. relating to medical treatment and tests: 2. only considering facts and not influenced by…. Learn more.

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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.