Sentence:  ‘Strange,' Enderby said. ‘Here we both are, in a <WSD>clinal</WSD> situation so to speak, a bed context I mean, the Greek word means to lean or repose I suppose, hence bed, hence clinic by the way, and this has nothing to do with my feverish imaginings.' 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  Pertaining to beds or rest.