CLINICAL

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

I. (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Scientifically detached; unemotional

Example:

he spoke in the clipped clinical monotones typical of police testimony

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

nonsubjective; objective (undistorted by emotion or personal bias; based on observable phenomena)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Relating to a clinic or conducted in or as if in a clinic and depending on direct observation of patients

Example:

clinical case study

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

clinic (a medical establishment run by a group of medical specialists)

Derivation:

clinic (a healthcare facility for outpatient care)

clinic (meeting for diagnosis of problems and instruction or remedial work in a particular activity)

clinic (a medical establishment run by a group of medical specialists)

Credits

Context examples:

It usually follows an aggressive clinical course.

(Acute Monoblastic and Monocytic Leukemia, NCI Thesaurus)

A clinical study status designating the study open to accrual.

(Active Study, NCI Thesaurus)

The clinical course of the resultant hematoma usually follows a pattern of resolution within days.

(Achenbach Syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)

Clinical manifestations include truncal obesity with thin extremities, thinning of the skin, osteoporosis, and a tendency to bruise easily.

(ACTH-Producing Pituitary Gland Adenoma, NCI Thesaurus)

Clinical signs usually include tingling or numbness with onset in middle-age.

(Acroparesthesia Syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)

In cancer prevention clinical trials, a study that focuses on finding out whether actions people take can prevent cancer.

(Action study, NCI Dictionary)

Its clinical behavior is similar to medulloblastoma.

(Medullomyoblastoma with Myogenic Differentiation, NCI Thesaurus)

It usually has an unfavorable clinical course.

(Medulloblastoma with Melanotic Differentiation, NCI Thesaurus)

Acrisorcin is comprised of two active ingredients, 9-aminoacridine and 4-hexylresorcinol, but its clinical use has been discontinued.

(Acrisorcin, NCI Thesaurus)

“The clinical trials that have been done in people have all been fairly short,” says Dr. Ranganath Muniyappa, an NIH staff clinician who studies diabetes and cardiovascular health.