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clinical

clinical

196 4.2
About a medical clinic or based on observing and treating patients
  • adjective
  • /ˈklɪnɪkəl/
  • Specialized
translation icon : clínico
  • The relative safety of interventions may differ according to clinical characteristics or clinical settings.
  • a clinical trial
  • a clinical practice
  • clinical signs

And those can sometimes lead to clinical ADHD and ADD.

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Examples

  • We're glad you got him into the clinical trial.

  • The study participants were pregnant women without clinical complications of eclampsia or preeclampsia.

    Academic text (2015)
  • And he'll present research to support what he says and clinical case studies.

  • All you have to do is look at the clinical trial data.

  • Now you have the objective clinical data to support what we're seeing.

  • The period of the trial is dependent on the clinical results and on the data.

  • I'll let you do the clinical evaluation.

  • I am a licensed clinical social worker.

  • Nursing students' use of evidence in clinical education does not occur in isolation.

    Academic text (2017)
  • The doctor provided clinical care based on her observations of the patient's symptoms.

Synonyms

medical
vsclinical
2.8

Relating to doctors, treatment, and the practice of medicine

is narrower, based on direct patient care and observation rather than theory

Compounds

clinical trial
  • Specialized
67 3.9

A controlled test with people to see if a new medicine is safe and works

clinical psychologist
  • Specialized
20 4.1

A trained person who helps people with mental or emotional problems by talking with them

clinical depression
  • Specialized
8 3.9

A serious mental illness doctors diagnose that causes long deep sadness and loss of interest and often needs treatment

clinical psychology
  • Specialized
3 4.0

The part of psychology that finds and treats mental health problems

clinical test
  • Specialized
3 3.7

A carefully controlled study giving a new medicine or device to people to see if it is safe and works

1 4.3

The first test of a new medicine on a small group to check safety, side effects, and safe dose

1 5.0

A large study that tests a medicine's effects and side effects before approval

clinical anatomy
  • Specialized
4.4

The study of the body that helps doctors diagnose and treat patients

clinical neurology
  • Specialized
4.8

Part of medicine that finds and treats problems of the brain and nerves

A small device for measuring a person's body temperature

A glass tube with mercury that measures body temperature

5.1

A study done after a drug is approved to check its safety and how well it works in many people

4.2

A medical test with more people to see if a treatment works and check for side effects

How Clinical

clinical
  • Specialized
196 4.2
applied
9 4.0
experimental
223 4.7
theoretical
133 6.3

Surface Forms

clinical positive

Morphology

clinical = clinic (transparent) = clinic + al

The adjective is a regular derivation from clinic + -al, with the meaning directly relating to a clinic or medical setting.

Etymology

Clinical comes from an old Greek word klinē that means 'bed', because doctors once treated patients while they stayed in bed. So clinical now describes medical care or studies based on watching and treating patients.