clinical (redirected from clinical nomenclature)

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

Adjective

1. of or relating to the observation and treatment of patients directly: clinical trials of a new drug

2. of or relating to a clinic

3. logical and unemotional: they have a somewhat clinical attitude to their children's upbringing

4. (of a room or buildings) plain, simple, and usually unattractive

clinically adv

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

Translations

clinical [ˈklɪnɪkl] adj → clínico;

(fig) → frío, impasible

clinical [ˈklɪnɪkl] adj → clinique (fig); froid(e)

clinical [ˈklɪnɪkl] clinic adj → klinisch (fig); nüchtern, kühl: (building, room) → steril

clinical [ˈklɪnɪkəl] adj → clinico/a;

(fig) → freddo/a, distaccato/a