Clinical

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
clinical
    adj 1: 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: scientifically detached; unemotional; "he spoke in the
       clipped clinical monotones typical of police testimony"
    
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Clinical \Clin"ic*al\ (kl[i^]n"[i^]k*al), Clinic \Clin"ic\
   (kl[i^]n"[i^]k), a. [Gr. kliniko`s, fr. kli`nh bed, fr.
   kli`nein to lean, recline: cf. F. clinique. See {Lean}, v.
   i.]
   1. Of or pertaining to a bed, especially, a sick bed.
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   2. Of or pertaining to a clinic, or to the study of disease
      in the living subject.
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   {Clinical baptism}, baptism administered to a person on a
      sick bed.

   {Clinical instruction}, instruction by means of clinics.

   {Clinical lecture} (Med.), a discourse upon medical topics
      illustrated by the exhibition and examination of living
      patients.

   {Clinical medicine}, {Clinical surgery}, that part of
      medicine or surgery which is occupied with the
      investigation of disease in the living subject.
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from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
19 Moby Thesaurus words for "clinical":
      allopathic, chiropodic, chiropractic, dental, exodontic,
      homeopathic, hydropathic, iatric, medical, naturopathic,
      neurological, obstetric, orthodontic, orthopedic, osteopathic,
      pediatric, periodontic, prosthodontic, surgical

    

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