clinical
pronunciation
How to pronounce clinical in British English:
UK [ˈklɪnɪkl]
How to pronounce clinical in American English:
US [ˈklɪnɪkl]
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- Adjective:
- relating to a clinic or conducted in or as if in a clinic and depending on direct observation of patients
- scientifically detached; unemotional
Word Origin
- clinical (adj.)
- 1780, "pertaining to hospital patients or hospital care," from clinic + -al (2). Meaning "coldly dispassionate" (like a medical report) is recorded from 1928. Related: Clinically.
Example
- 1. Clinical trials using the technology are currently under way .
- 2. Longer clinical trials are only the first stage .
- 3. Now a larger clinical trial is under way .
- 4. Second , clinical trials are arduous .
- 5. But clinical depression is a tricky beast .