clinical Meaning, Definition & Usage

adjective 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
adjective satellite scientifically detached; unemotional
- he spoke in the clipped clinical monotones typical of police testimony

Gr. , fr. bed, fr. to lean, recline: cf. F. clinique. See Lean, v. i.

Of or pertaining to a bed, especially, a sick bed.
Of or pertaining to a clinic, or to the study of disease in the living subject. 3. a lesson or series of lessons taught to persons not expert in some activity, in which the errors of the students are pointed out, and remedial actions are suggested. (fig.) (sports), a performance so excellent as to be considered a model for emulation.