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clinically

clinically

44 4.5
In a calm, unemotional way like a doctor or in a medical situation
  • adverb
  • /ˈklɪnɪkli/
  • Specialized
: clínicamente
  • And is that data point clinically meaningful?
  • clinically significant
  • clinically relevant
  • clinically useful

They make really cool like scientific clinically proven products for hair.

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Examples

  • However, most clinical measures describe differences between individuals or establish clinically relevant groups.

    Academic text (2013)
  • You were clinically dead nine months ago.

  • You were clinically dead for two hours.

  • And then she would track them and their progression clinically over the next year.

  • It's, it's not a clinically meaningful outcome.

  • After this, there is no need to repeat liver function tests unless clinically indicated.

    Academic text (2011)
  • General education teachers often implement classroom practices to address the needs of selected children with clinically significant behavior problems.

    Academic text (2013)
  • They have enough symptoms to still be labeled clinically depressed.

  • Nevertheless, the new in-shoe measurement systems show an exciting potential to yield clinically significant results.

    Academic text (1994)
  • The doctor assessed the patient's condition clinically to determine the best treatment options.

Synonyms

medically
vsclinically
78 3.5

In a way that involves doctors or hospitals

is specific to hands-on patient care and direct observation by practitioners

How Translational

clinically
  • Specialized
44 4.5
translationally
  • Specialized
8.4
theoretically
112 6.0

Surface Forms

clinically positive

Morphology

clinically = clinical (transparent) = clinic + al + ly

Formed from the adjective 'clinical' with the adverbial suffix '-ly', yielding a straightforward adverbial meaning.

Etymology

Clinically comes from clinic, which comes from the old Greek word kliné meaning 'bed'. So to act clinically is to treat or describe something the way a doctor at a patient's bed would—carefully, practical, and without extra emotion.