clinical


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
clinical/ˈklɪnɪkl/
adjective
  • 1 relating to the observation and treatment of patients rather than theoretical or laboratory studies.

    ■ (of a disease or condition) causing observable and recognizable symptoms.

  • 2 efficient and coldly detached.

    ■ (of a place) bare, functional, and clean.

– derivatives
clinically adverb.
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