'Clinical' definitions:
Definition of 'clinical'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Relating to a clinic or conducted in or as if in a clinic and depending on direct observation of patients; "clinical observation"; "clinical case study"
adjective
Scientifically detached; unemotional; "he spoke in the clipped clinical monotones typical of police testimony"
Definition of 'Clinical'
From: GCIDE
- Clinical \Clin"ic*al\ (kl[i^]n"[i^]k*al), Clinic \Clin"ic\ (kl[i^]n"[i^]k), a. [Gr. kliniko`s, fr. kli`nh bed, fr. kli`nein to lean, recline: cf. F. clinique. See Lean, v. i.]
- 1. Of or pertaining to a bed, especially, a sick bed. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Of or pertaining to a clinic, or to the study of disease in the living subject. [1913 Webster]
- Clinical baptism, baptism administered to a person on a sick bed.
- Clinical instruction, instruction by means of clinics.
- Clinical lecture (Med.), a discourse upon medical topics illustrated by the exhibition and examination of living patients.
- Clinical medicine, Clinical surgery, that part of medicine or surgery which is occupied with the investigation of disease in the living subject. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'clinical'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- allopathic,
- chiropodic,
- chiropractic,
- dental,
- exodontic,
- homeopathic,
- hydropathic,
- iatric,
- medical,
- naturopathic,
- neurological,
- obstetric,
- orthodontic,
- orthopedic,
- osteopathic,
- pediatric,
- periodontic,
- prosthodontic,
- surgical
Words containing 'Clinical'
- Clinic,
- Clinically,
- Clinical baptism,
- Clinical instruction,
- Clinical lecture,
- Clinical medicine,
- Clinical surgery,
- baseball clinic,
- basketball clinic,
- clinical anatomy,
- clinical depression,
- clinical neurology,
- clinical psychologist,
- clinical psychology,
- clinical test,
- clinical thermometer,
- clinical trial,
- eye clinic,
- hockey clinic,
- reading clinic,
- clinical detached unemotional,
- phase i clinical trial,
- phase ii clinical trial,
- phase iii clinical trial,
- phase iv clinical trial,
- mercury-in-glass clinical thermometer