clinical

/หˆklษชnษชkษ™l/

IPA: /K L IH1 N AH0 K AH0 L/

noun
  1. 1

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

adjective
  1. 1

    Of or pertaining to a medical clinic or facility.

    โ€œMedicine is now more often practiced in a clinical setting than in the home.โ€

  2. 2

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

  3. 3

    Cool and emotionless.

  4. 4

    Of or relating to a bed.

    โ€œa clinical convert: one who turns to religion on their death-bedโ€

Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/clinical