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clin·i·cal
(klĭn′ĭ-kəl)adj.
1. Of, relating to, or connected with a clinic.
2. Involving or based on direct observation of a patient: a clinical diagnosis; clinical research.
3. Objective and devoid of emotion; coolly analytical: "He spoke in the clipped, clinical monotones typical of police testimony in court" (Connie Paige).
4. Suggestive of a medical clinic; austere and antiseptic: a clinical style of decor.
clin′i·cal·ly adv.
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clinical
(ˈklɪnɪkəl)adj
1. of or relating to a clinic
2. (Medicine) of or relating to the bedside of a patient, the course of a disease, or the observation and treatment of patients directly: a clinical lecture; clinical medicine.
3. scientifically detached; strictly objective: a clinical attitude to life.
4. plain, simple, and usually unattractive: clinical furniture.
ˈclinically adv
ˈclinicalness n
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clin•i•cal
(ˈklɪn ɪ kəl)adj.
1. pertaining to a clinic.
2. concerned with or based on actual observation and treatment of disease in patients rather than experimentation or theory.
3. dispassionately analytic; unemotionally critical: clinical detachment.
4. pertaining to or used in a sickroom: a clinical bandage.
[1770–80]
clin′i•cal•ly, adv.
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| Adj. | 1. | clinical - 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. | clinical - scientifically detached; unemotional; "he spoke in the clipped clinical monotones typical of police testimony" nonsubjective, objective - undistorted by emotion or personal bias; based on observable phenomena; "an objective appraisal"; "objective evidence" |
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clinical
adjective unemotional, cold, scientific, objective, detached, analytic, impersonal, antiseptic, disinterested, dispassionate, emotionless This approach is far too clinical for my liking.
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Translations
مُسْتَوْصَفيمعْتَمِد على مُراقَبَة المَريض
klinický
klinik-klinisk
klinikai
heilsugæslu-klínískur
kliniğe aitmuayeneye ait
clinical
[ˈklɪnɪkəl]B. CPD clinical depression N → depresión f clínica
clinical psychologist N → psicólogo/a m/f clínico/a
clinical psychology N → psicología f clínica
clinical thermometer N → termómetro m clínico
clinical trials NPL → ensayos mpl clínicos
clinical psychologist N → psicólogo/a m/f clínico/a
clinical psychology N → psicología f clínica
clinical thermometer N → termómetro m clínico
clinical trials NPL → ensayos mpl clínicos
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
clinical
[ˈklɪnɪkəl] adj [practice, research, care] → clinique; [staff] → médical(e) clinical depression, clinical psychologist, clinical psychology, clinical trial
(fig) (= cold, unfeeling) [person, attitude] → froid(e)clinical depression n → dépression f nerveuse
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clinical
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
clinical
[ˈklɪnɪk/əl] adj → clinico/a (fig) → freddo/a, distaccato/aCollins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
clinic
(ˈklinik) noun a place or part of a hospital where a particular kind of medical treatment or advice is given. He is attending the skin clinic.
ˈclinical adjective1. of a clinic.
2. based on observation of the patient.
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clin·i·cal
a. clínico-a.
1. rel. a una clínica;
2. rel. a la observación directa de pacientes;
___ history → historia ___, expediente;
___ picture → cuadro ___;
___ procedure → procedimiento ___;
___ trials → ensayos ___ -s.
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clinical
adj clínicoEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.