ˈklɪnɪkəl adj. 1
Med. a of or
for the treatment of patients. b
taught or learnt at the
hospital bedside. 2
dispassionate, coldly detached. øclinical
death death judged by
observation of a person's
condition. clinical
medicine medicine dealing
with the observation
and treatment of patients. clinical
thermometer a thermometer with a
small range, for
taking a person's
temperature. øøclinically adv. [L clinicus f. Gk klinikos f. kline bed]