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Clinical : adj
1: 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: scientifically detached; unemotional; "he spoke in the
clipped clinical monotones typical of police testimony"
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Clinical : \Clin"ic*al\, Clinic \Clin"ic\, a. [Gr. ?, fr. ? bed,
fr. ? to lean, recline: cf. F. clinique. See Lean, v. i.]
1. Of or pertaining to a bed, especially, a sick bed.
2. Of or pertaining to a clinic, or to the study of disease
in the living subject.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Clinical : Clinical: 1. Having to do with the examination and treatment of patients. 2. Applicable to patients. A laboratory test may be of clinical value (of use to patients).
The term comes through the French "clinique" from the Greek "kline" (a couch or bed). Clinical medicine was (and is) practiced at the bedside.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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