clinical
US /ˈklɪn.ɪ.kəl/
UK /ˈklɪn.ɪ.kəl/
1.
relating to the observation and treatment of patients rather than to theories or experiments
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The new drug is currently undergoing clinical trials.
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She works as a clinical psychologist.
2.
efficient and unemotional; coldly detached
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He delivered the news with clinical precision, showing no emotion.
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The room had a clinical, sterile appearance.