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   clinical

   /ˈklɪnɪkl/

   adjective

   • 1. relating to the observation and treatment of actual patients rather than theoretical or laboratory studies: "clinical medicine"
   • ▪ (of a disease or condition) causing observable and recognizable symptoms: "clinical depression"
   • 2. very efficient and without feeling; coldly detached: "nothing was left to chance—everything was clinical" Similar detachedimpersonaldispassionateobjectiveuninvolveddistantremotealoofremovedcoldindifferentneutralunsympatheticunfeelingunemotionalnon-emotionalunsentimentalscientificanalyticrationallogicalhard-headedsoberbusinesslikeOpposite emotional
   • ▪ (of a room or building) bare, functional, and clean: "the room was white and clinical" Similar plainsimpleunadornedunornamentedunembellishedstarkaustereseverespartanasceticmonasticbleakbarechastecheerlesscleanfunctionalbasicinstitutionalimpersonalcharacterlesssoullesscolourlessantisepticinformal:no frillsOpposite luxurious

   Word Origin late 18th century: from Greek klinikē ‘bedside’ (see clinic) + -al.

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