clinical

Pluralclinicals

1. 1
   adjective

   Involving work with real patients, not just study in classrooms or labs.

   The students spend their final year doing clinical work with real patients.

   A clinical nurse sees patients all day, while a research nurse works in a lab.

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2. 2
   adjective

   Connected with a clinic, a place where people get medical or legal help.

   The law school's clinical program lets students help real clients.

   She arrived early for her clinical appointment at the health center.

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3. 3
   adjective

   Calm and showing no feeling, in the way a professional does a job.

   Like a robot doing a task: careful and exact, but with no feelings.

   The doctor gave the bad news in a calm, clinical voice.

   He stayed clinical during the argument and never raised his voice.

   Similarunemotional, dispassionate, emotionless, impassive, cold-hearted

   Oppositeemotional, warm, sympathetic

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4. 4
   adjective

   Based on facts and careful thinking, without feelings getting in the way.

   She took a clinical look at the team's mistakes to find what went wrong.

   His clinical report listed the facts without taking sides.

   Similardetached, disinterested

   Oppositesubjective, biased

5. 5
   adjective

   Done with great skill and exactness, with nothing wasted.

   The striker beat the goalkeeper with one clinical shot into the corner.

   Their team was clinical, taking every chance they got.

   Similaraccurate, exact

   Oppositesloppy, wasteful, careless

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6. 6
   nouncountable

   A training session where a medical student works in a real hospital or nursing setting.

   Like a driving lesson on real roads instead of practice in a parking lot.

   Her first clinical is at the city hospital next week.

   He was nervous before his clinical because he had never worked with real patients.

   Similarrotation, placement

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