What does Clinical mean?

Definitions for Clinical
ˈklɪn ɪ kəlclin·i·cal

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. clinicaladjective

    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"

  2. clinicaladjective

    scientifically detached; unemotional

    "he spoke in the clipped clinical monotones typical of police testimony"

Wiktionary

  1. clinicaladjective

    of or pertaining to a medical clinic or facility.

  2. clinicaladjective

    dealing with how to practically manage patients, contrasting with pre-health sciences

  3. clinicaladjective

    done in a cool, emotionless fashion.

  4. Etymology: clinic + -al.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Clinical, Clinickadjective

    Those that keep their beds; those that are sick, past hopes of recovery. A clinical convert, one that is converted on his death-bed. This word occurs often in the works of Taylor.

    Etymology: ϰλίνω, to lie down.

ChatGPT

  1. clinical

    Clinical refers to the observation and treatment of actual patients, as opposed to theoretical or laboratory studies. It typically involves direct observation, examination, diagnosis, and treatment of patients within a healthcare setting such as a hospital or clinic.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Clinicalverb

    alt. of Clinic

British National Corpus

  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'Clinical' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3204

  2. Adjectives Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'Clinical' in Adjectives Frequency: #446

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Clinical in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Clinical in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of Clinical in a Sentence

  1. Anthony Fauci:

    The claim, based on no data, juxtaposed on clear-cut clinical data showing that hydroxychloroquine does not work, if one propagates this concept that hydroxychloroquine is highly effective and people take it based on that information, which is incorrect, yes, that would be misinformation or even disinformation that could lead people to take a drug that would not help them, that could possibly hurt them.

  2. Casey Crump:

    Preterm and early-term birth should now be recognized as chronic conditions that require long-term clinical follow-up for preventive actions, monitoring, and treatment of health sequelae( consequences) across the life course.

  3. Anthony Fauci:

    While in development, it's important to understand we won't have a vaccine this year or even in the next few years, although we may be able to have a clinical trial start this calendar year.

  4. Feixiong Cheng:

    Because our findings only establish an association between sildenafil use and reduced incidence of Alzheimer’s disease, we are now planning a mechanistic trial and a phase II randomized clinical trial to test causality and confirm sildenafil’s clinical benefits for Alzheimer’s patients.

  5. Victor Henderson:

    It is safe to say that a well-balanced diet such as the Mediterranean diet is a healthy diet, and this research provides exciting new support for this common-sense perspective, still, from my perspective, more clinical trial results are needed for a more specific take-home message.

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