Clinical

noun

/ˈklɪnɪkəl/

Word Frequency: 69.8

Definitions

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

2.adjectiveOf or pertaining to a medical clinic or facility.

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

3.adjectiveDealing with practical management of patients; contrasting with prehealth sciences.

4.adjectiveCool and emotionless.

5.adjectiveOf or relating to a bed.

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

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