clinical
Syllables: cli·ni·cal/ˈklɪn.ɪ.kəl/
clinical adjective: 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).
Adjective
clinical (comparative more clinical, superlative most clinical)
- 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).
- “We are social beings,” Jaime Blandino, a clinical psychologist in Decatur, Georgia, told CNN. “My most extroverted clients are having the hardest time.”2020 March 23, Ryan Prior, “The extrovert’s guide to social distancing”, in CNN
- Of or pertaining to a clinic, such as a medical clinic or law clinic.
- Medicine is now more often practiced in a clinical setting than in the home.
- Cool and emotionless, in a professional way, as contrasted with an impetuous or unprofessional way.
- Synonyms:
- unemotional, alexithymic, apathistical, dull, phlegmatic, cold-blooded, cold-hearted, dead inside, dispassionate, emotionless
- Objective; analytical.
- We took a clinical approach to resolving conflicts.
- Synonyms:
- detached, disinterested
- Excellent and precise.
- 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.2011 September 24, Ben Dirs, “Rugby World Cup 2011: England 67-3 Romania”, in BBC Sport
- 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...2014 November 2, Daniel Taylor, “Sergio Agüero strike wins derby for Manchester City against 10-man United”, in The Guardian
- Of or relating to a bed, especially a deathbed.
- a clinical convert: one who turns to religion on their death-bed
- clinical baptism
Noun
clinical (plural clinicals)
- A medical student's session spent in a real-world nursing environment.
clinical meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Malayalam and Kannada
clinical in Hindi
- dealing with how to practically manage patients
- नैदानिक naidānik
- of or pertaining to a clinic
- नैदानिक naidānik
clinical in Tamil
- மருத்துவ, பிணி சார்ந்த
clinical in Malayalam
- impersonal, detached, dispassionate
- നിർവ്വികാരമായ, നിരുത്സാഹമായ, അനാസക്ത, നിർദ്വന്ദ, നിസ്സംഗ, ഉദാസീനമായ
- simple, plain, unadorned
- ലളിതമായ, അസംസ്കൃത, മോടിപിടിപ്പിക്കാത്ത, അലങ്കരിക്കാത്ത, അലങ്കാരമില്ലാത്ത, അനലംകൃതം
clinical in Kannada
- ಚಿಕಿತ್ಸಕ, ಚಿಕಿತ್ಸೆಗೆ ಸಂಬಂಧಿಸಿದ, ನಿರ್ಲಿಪ್ತವಾದ, ಭಾವರಹಿತವಾದ
More languagesFewer languages
- clinical in Malay
- klinikal
- clinical in Indonesian
- klinis
- clinical in Persian
- بالینی bâlini, کلینیکی keliniki
Examples of clinical in a sentence
- He is a clinical route-runner who can line up at any position and catches everything.2023 April 30, Adam Kilgore, “The Lions missed their chance, and the Eagles are smarter than everybody”, in The Washington Post, archived...
- Jude Bellingham has blossomed into a clinical scorer since joining Real Madrid.2023 October 26, Joseph Wilson, “Next generation ‘clasico’: Bellingham faces 1st game against a Barcelona brimming with young talents”, in...
Synonyms of clinical
- unemotional
- alexithymic
- apathistical
- dull
- phlegmatic
- cold-blooded
- cold-hearted
- dead inside
- dispassionate
- emotionless
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Antonyms
Forms of clinical
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more clinical |
| superlative | most clinical |
| Noun | |
| plural | clinicals |
Origin of clinical
From clinic + -al.
Words formed from clinical
- 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 manifestation
- 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
- sub-clinical
- subclinical
- supraclinical
- unclinical
Phrases with clinical
Words that rhyme with clinical
Questions about clinical
- What does clinical mean?
- Clinical means 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).
- What is clinical in Hindi?
- Clinical in Hindi is नैदानिक (naidānik). See Clinical meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use clinical in a sentence?
- He is a clinical route-runner who can line up at any position and catches everything.
- What part of speech is clinical?
- Clinical can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce clinical?
- Clinical is pronounced /ˈklɪn.ɪ.kəl/.
Words near clinical in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: clinical (page history and authors); clinical (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); clinical (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); clinical (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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