clin|i|cal

clin|i|cal
clin|i|cal «KLIHN uh kuhl», adjective.
1. of or having to do with a clinic: »

clinical treatment, a clinical center.

2. used or performed in a sickroom, especially in a hospital: »

clinical instruments, a clinical examination.

3. of or having to do with the study of disease by observation of the patient rather than by experiment, autopsy, etc.: »

clinical medicine, a clinical diagnosis. The drug…is now under clinical tests at several medical centers (Wall Street Journal).

4. involving the use of laboratory methods and equipment: »

clinical pathology, clinical sociology.

5. Figurative. coldly objective or impersonal; detached; dispassionate; unemotional: »

a cold clinical tone of voice. ... the intense, almost clinical accuracy with which Hemingway has been able to convey the self's sensations (Alfred Kazin).

6. Ecclesiastical. administered on the sickbed or deathbed: »

clinical baptism.


Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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  • pre|clin|i|cal — «pree KLIHN uh kuhl», adjective. 1. coming or occurring before clinical use: »a preclinical test of a new drug. 2. preceding or preparing for clinical studies or aspects of medicine: »preclinical students …   Useful english dictionary

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  • clin|i|co|path|o|log|i|cal — «KLIHN uh koh PATH uh LOJ uh kuhl», adjective. relating both to the symptoms of disease and to the lesions produced by it …   Useful english dictionary

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