Meaning

6 senses
  1. Dealing with the practical management of patients, in practice at the point of care; as contrasted with other health care venues (see clinical medicine for more explanation).

  2. Of or pertaining to a clinic, such as a medical clinic or law clinic.

    Medicine is now more often practiced in a clinical setting than in the home.

    klinisch

    клини́ческийkliníčeskij

    кліні́чнийkliníčnyj

  3. Cool and emotionless, in a professional way, as contrasted with an impetuous or unprofessional way.

    бесстра́стныйbesstrástnyj

  4. Objective; analytical.

    We took a clinical approach to resolving conflicts.

  5. Excellent and precise.

  6. (obsolete)Of or relating to a bed, especially a deathbed.

    a clinical convert: one who turns to religion on their death-bed

    clinical baptism

More definitions
  • scientifically detached; unemotional
  • relating to a clinic or conducted in or as if in a clinic and depending on direct observation of patients

Examples

23 sentences
  1. We're planning to start a new clinical study.

  2. A large clinical study is underway.

    ruПроводится крупное клиническое исследование. — marafon

  3. The clinical records in most hospitals are kept in alphabetical order.

    В більшості лікарень клінічні записи зберігаються в алфавітному порядку. — Internecivus

    ruВ большинстве больниц истории болезни хранятся в алфавитном порядке. — Ooneykcall

  4. I made a huge clinical error.

  5. The doctor applied the clinical guidelines for the treatment.

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
of or pertaining to a clinic:
Русский
By meaning 2
of or pertaining to a clinic:
cool and emotionless:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
of or pertaining to a clinic:

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

clinical — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto