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Meaning of clinical

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

clinical

Pronunciation:/ˈklɪnɪkəl/

noun

Definitions

  1. A medical student's session spent in a real-world nursing environment.

adjective

Definitions

  1. Of or pertaining to a medical clinic or facility.

    Example: Medicine is now more often practiced in a clinical setting than in the home.

  2. Dealing with practical management of patients; contrasting with prehealth sciences.

  3. Cool and emotionless.

  4. Of or relating to a bed.

    Example: a clinical convert: one who turns to religion on their death-bed