clinical
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: education
medicine
sciences
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *ḱel-
Proto-Indo-European *-éyti
Proto-Indo-European *ḱley-
Proto-Indo-European *-né-
Proto-Indo-European *ḱl̥néyti
Proto-Hellenic *klíňňō
Ancient Greek κλῑ́νω (klī́nō)
Ancient Greek -ᾱ (-ā)
Ancient Greek -η (-ē)
Ancient Greek κλῑ́νη (klī́nē)
Proto-Indo-European *-kos
Ancient Greek -κός (-kós)
Ancient Greek -ῐκός (-ĭkós)
Ancient Greek κλῑνῐκός (klīnĭkós)bor.
Late Latin clīnicus
French cliniquebor.
English clinic
Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.?
Proto-Italic *-ālis
Latin -ālisbor.
Old French -albor.
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Latin -ālis
Old French -elbor.
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Latin -ālisbor.
Middle English -al
English -al
English clinical
From clinic + -al.
Inflected forms:
form: more clinical
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most clinical
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: clinicals
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Dealing with the practical management of patients, in practice at the point of care; as contrasted with other health care venues (see clinical medicine for more explanation).
pos: adj
examples: “We are social beings,” Jaime Blandino, a clinical psychologist in Decatur, Georgia, told CNN. “My most extroverted clients are having the hardest time.”
gloss: Of or pertaining to a clinic, such as a medical clinic or law clinic.
pos: adj
examples: Medicine is now more often practiced in a clinical setting than in the home.
gloss: Cool and emotionless, in a professional way, as contrasted with an impetuous or unprofessional way.
pos: adj
gloss: Objective; analytical.
pos: adj
examples: We took a clinical approach to resolving conflicts.
gloss: Excellent and precise.
pos: adj
examples: Fly-half Jonny Wilkinson put his below-par performance against Argentina behind him with a fine first-half showing, slotting four kicks from six and controlling his back-line with aplomb, while England's three-quarters were brimming with life and clinical with their execution.
Remarkably United’s 10 men almost salvaged an improbable draw during a late, spirited challenge. They showed great competitive courage in that period and there were chances for Robin van Persie, Ángel Di María and Marouane Fellaini to punish City for defending too deeply and not being more clinical with their opportunities at the other end.
Jones was insanely productive last season. He is a clinical route-runner who can line up at any position and catches everything.
Jude Bellingham has blossomed into a clinical scorer since joining Real Madrid. Now his team hopes Bellingham will be fully fit when he faces his first “clasico” match at Barcelona on Saturday.
gloss: Of or relating to a bed, especially a deathbed.
pos: adj
tags: obsolete
examples: a clinical convert: one who turns to religion on their death-bed
clinical baptism
gloss: A medical student's session spent in a real-world nursing environment.
pos: noun
Antonyms: nonclinical
Derived words: aclinical
bioclinical
clinical biochemistry
clinical chemistry
clinical death
clinical depression
clinical diagnosis
clinical equipoise
clinical exam
clinical examination
clinical hypothermia
clinicality
clinicalize
clinical linguistics
clinically
clinical medicine
clinical pathology
clinical pharmacy
clinical psychology
clinical research
clinical situation
clinical stamp
clinical study
clinical trial
clinicide
electroclinical
haematoclinical
histoclinical
immunoclinical
infraclinical
multiclinical
nonclinical
paraclinical
pathoclinical
polyclinical
preclinical
pseudoclinical
psychoclinical
subclinical
sub-clinical
supraclinical
unclinical
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