Definition of "clinical" in Anglais

adjective

1. (medicine) Dealing with the practical management of patients, in practice at the point of care; as contrasted with other health care venues (see clinical medicine for more explanation).

2. Of or pertaining to a clinic, such as a medical clinic or law clinic.

   • Medicine is now more often practiced in a clinical setting than in the home.

3. Cool and emotionless, in a professional way, as contrasted with an impetuous or unprofessional way.

4. Objective; analytical.

   • We took a clinical approach to resolving conflicts.

5. Excellent and precise.

6. (obsolete) Of or relating to a bed, especially a deathbed.

   • a clinical convert: one who turns to religion on their death-bed
   • clinical baptism

noun

1. (education) A medical student's session spent in a real-world nursing environment.