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- pronunciation:
- klI
nih
k
 l
- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective), Word Parts
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| definition 1: |
of or related to direct observation and treatment of patients, as opposed to theory or laboratory research.
Despite many claims, there is little clinical evidence that the treatment is effective.Several clinical trials have produced promising results.- antonyms:
- theoretical
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| definition 2: |
emotionally detached; objective; analytical.
He took a clinical approach to resolving conflicts.- antonyms:
- emotional
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| definition 3: |
pertaining to a clinic.
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(adj.)clinical
+ noun
anxiety,
application,
assessment,
breast,
characteristic,
coordinator,
counseling,
counselor,
criteria,
cure,
cut-off,
data,
depression,
dermatology,
diagnosis,
dietitian,
director,
disease,
disorder,
drug,
effectiveness,
efficacy,
engineering,
epidemiology,
evaluation,
evidence,
exam,
examination,
experience,
feature,
finding,
fracture,
guideline,
hypnosis,
immunology,
implication,
impression,
improvement,
infection,
instructor,
intervention,
investigator,
judgment,
lab,
laboratory,
management,
manifestation,
medicine,
nurse,
nutrition,
observation,
oncology,
outcome,
pharmacology,
practice,
presentation,
probability,
professor,
profile,
protocol,
psychiatrist,
psychiatry,
psychologist,
psychology,
relevance,
research,
researcher,
sample,
setting,
sign,
significance,
specialist,
study,
supervision,
supervisor,
surgery,
suspicion,
symptom,
syndrome,
testing,
therapy,
training,
treatment,
trial,
uncertainty,
utility,
worker
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| derivation: |
clinically (adv.) |
The word clinical
contains the following part:
-al2, -ial, -ual
Latin
adjective-forming suffix
that means pertaining to
  More about this word part:
The suffix -al2, -ial
attaches primarily to nouns ( national
, environmental
) but sometimes to Latin or Greek roots ( final
, capital
, comical
) to form adjectives. See also -ar1.
Example words:
abnormal, accidental, additional, aerial, agricultural, ancestral, annual, arboreal, artificial, astral, bacterial, biblical, biographical, brutal, capital, central, ceremonial, chemical, classical, clinical, coastal, colonial, comical, commercial, confidential, constitutional, continental, continual, controversial, conventional, criminal, critical, crucial, cultural, cylindrical, dental, detrimental, developmental, economical, editorial, educational, electrical, emotional, environmental, essential, equal, exceptional, experimental, facial, factual, federal, final, financial, floral, fluvial, formal, functional, fundamental, general, global, grammatical, guttural, habitual, historical, hysterical, illogical, immoral, impersonal, impractical, individual, industrial, ineffectual, influential, internal, legal, local, logical, lyrical, magical, maniacal, mathematical, memorial, mental, moral, mortal, musical, mythical, national, natural, nautical, neutral, normal, official, parental, pastoral, personal, philosophical, plural, pluralism, pluralistic, political, potential, quizzical, racial, rational, regional, irrational, intellectual, rhythmical, sacrificial, seasonal, spinal, spiritual, technological, territorial, theatrical, thermal, tidal, traditional, tribal, typical, universal, unnatural, veridical, verbal, virtual, vocal, visual
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