clin·i·cal   (klĭn'ĭ-kəl)    adj.   Of, relating to, or connected with a clinic. Involving or based on direct observation of the patient: a clinical diagnosis. Very objective and devoid of emotion; analytical: "He spoke in the clipped, clinical monotones typical of police testimony in court" (Connie Paige). Suggestive of a medical clinic; austere and antiseptic: a clinical style of decor. clin'i·cal·ly adv.

Clinical

Clin"ic*al\, Clinic \Clin"ic\, a. [Gr. ?, fr. ? bed, fr. ? to lean, recline: cf. F. clinique. See Lean, v. i.]

1. Of or pertaining to a bed, especially, a sick bed.

2. Of or pertaining to a clinic, or to the study of disease in the living subject.

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.

Main Entry: clin·i·cal
Pronunciation: 'klin-i-k&l
Function: adjective
1 : of, relating to, or conducted in or as if in a clinic: as a : involving or concerned with the direct observation and treatment of living patients clinical practice> <clinical professor ofobstetrics and gynecology> b : of, relating to, based on, or characterized by observable and diagnosable symptoms of disease clinical picture on admission was that ofmild depression in an extremely rigid personality —Occupational Therapy & Rehabilitation> clinical cure was effected —Journal of Pediatrics> <21 percent of the herd had a staphylococcus infection in their udders but no cases of clinical mastitiswere observed> c : applying objective or standardized methods (as interviews and personality or intelligence tests) to the description, evaluation, and modification of humanbehavior <clinical psychology>
2 of a sacrament : administered on a sickbed or deathbed <clinical baptism> —clin·i·cal·ly /-k(&-)lE/ adverb

clinical clin·i·cal (klĭn'ĭ-kəl)
adj.

1. Relating to the bedside treatment of a patient or to the course of the disease.
2. Relating to the observed symptoms and course of a disease.