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nonclinical

nonclinical adjective: medical but not clinical in the sense of clinical medicine, being instead, for example, radiological, histopathological, surgical, or laboratorial.

Adjective

nonclinical (not comparable)

  1. Medical but not clinical in the sense of clinical medicine, being instead, for example, radiological, histopathological, surgical, or laboratorial.
  2. Not medical, being instead lay in nature, or at most paramedical.
    • helping people to learn about first aid from a nonclinical viewpoint
  3. Lacking clinical objectivity; subjective; emotional.
    • Societal approaches to mental illness often clearly reflect a nonclinical bias, as for example with stigmatization or fear.

Antonyms of nonclinical

Origin of nonclinical

From non- + clinical.

Words formed from nonclinical

Questions about nonclinical

What does nonclinical mean?
Nonclinical means medical but not clinical in the sense of clinical medicine, being instead, for example, radiological, histopathological, surgical, or laboratorial.
What part of speech is nonclinical?
Nonclinical is an adjective.

Words near nonclinical in the dictionary

  1. nonclimatic
  2. nonclimatological
  3. nonclimax
  4. nonclimbable
  5. noncling
  6. nonclinical
  7. nonclinically
  8. nonclinician
  9. nonclinicians
  10. nonclipped
  11. noncliticized

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