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(redirected from Clinical protocol)

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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.

clini·cal·ly adv.

clinical [ˈklɪnɪkəl]
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
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
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"

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 Ndepresión f clínica
clinical psychologist Npsicólogo/a m/f clínico/a
clinical psychology Npsicología f clínica
clinical thermometer Ntermómetro m clínico
clinical trials NPLensayos mpl clínicos
clinical [ˈklɪnɪkəl] 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 ndépression f nerveuse
clinical
adj
(Med) → klinisch; clinical tests or trialsklinische Tests pl
(fig) (= sterile) room, atmospheresteril, kalt; (= detached, dispassionate)klinisch, nüchtern; sb’s appearancestreng
clinical [ˈklɪnɪkl] adjclinico/a (fig) → freddo/a, distaccato/a
clinical [ˈklɪnɪkl] adjclinico/a (fig) → freddo/a, distaccato/a


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Ms Hyde, who now prescribes medications, orders tests and initiates treatment under the guidelines of her clinical protocol, says her new role has improved co-ordination of patient care.
Features of this initiative include a modular grant application and award process, inclusion of the clinical protocol within the grant application, and an accelerated peer review with the goal of issuing new awards within six months of application receipt.
At Wilford Hall Air Force Medical Center, the author facilitated the development of a process to redesign clinical treatments through a Clinical Protocol Redesign Guide.
 
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