Meaning of the word clinical in English

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clinical

US /ˈklɪn.ɪ.kəl/
UK /ˈklɪn.ɪ.kəl/
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Adjective

1.

relating to the observation and treatment of patients rather than to theories or experiments

Example:
The new drug is currently undergoing clinical trials.
She works as a clinical psychologist.
2.

efficient and unemotional; coldly detached

Example:
He delivered the news with clinical precision, showing no emotion.
The room had a clinical, sterile appearance.
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