clinical (redirected from Clinical signs)

clin·i·cal  (kln-kl)

adj.

1. Of, relating to, or connected with a clinic.

2. Involving or based on direct observation of the patient: a clinical diagnosis.

3. Very objective and devoid of emotion; 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.

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clini·cal·ly adv.

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clinical [ˈklɪnɪk^əl]

adj

1. of or relating to a clinic

2. (Medicine) of or relating to the bedside of a patient, the course of his 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

clinically  adv

clinicalness  n

Thesaurus

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.

Translations

clinical [ˈklɪnɪkəl]

A. ADJ

1. (Med) → clínico

2. (= unemotional, cool) → frío

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 [ˈklɪnɪk^əl] 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

clinical

adj

(Med) → klinisch; clinical tests or trials → klinische Tests pl

(fig) (= sterile) room, atmosphere → steril, kalt; (= detached, dispassionate) → klinisch, nüchtern; sb’s appearance → streng

clinical [ˈklɪnɪk/əl] adj → clinico/a (fig) → freddo/a, distaccato/a