Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • In a clinical manner; by the bedside.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adverb In a clinical manner.

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  • adverb In a clinical manner; dispassionately or analytically.
  • adverb In the setting of a medical clinic; in a clinical setting.

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  • adverb in a clinical manner

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Examples

  • For instance, mothers classified as clinically anxious 18 weeks into pregnancy, compared to their non-anxious counterparts, were about 40 percent more likely to have an 18-month-old who refused to go to bed, woke early, and kept crawling out of bed.

    Stressed Out Moms Can Pass on Anxiety to Unborn Child | Impact Lab 2007

  • A medicine already being tested clinically is the proteasome inhibitor Velcade (PS341) which is used against multiple myeloma, a cancer disease that affects the body's antigen-producing cells.

    The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2004 - Information for the Public 2004

  • Short-term clinically impactful deliverables  Created Department of Medical Affairs 24

    Recently Uploaded Slideshows 2009

  • And I’d already been informed that he had not been eating and sleeping, and that he reportedly heard voices, which immediately makes me think of someone who is what I call clinically depressed, and not just ordinarily sad about his circumstances, but much more than that.

    Confederacy of Silence Richard Rubin 2002

  • And I’d already been informed that he had not been eating and sleeping, and that he reportedly heard voices, which immediately makes me think of someone who is what I call clinically depressed, and not just ordinarily sad about his circumstances, but much more than that.

    Confederacy of Silence Richard Rubin 2002

  • And I’d already been informed that he had not been eating and sleeping, and that he reportedly heard voices, which immediately makes me think of someone who is what I call clinically depressed, and not just ordinarily sad about his circumstances, but much more than that.

    Confederacy of Silence Richard Rubin 2002

  • It’s actually a pretty good movie about a bunch of medical students who are, for no other reason than the script demands it, trying to see how long they can remain clinically dead.

    The Mini-Movie Reviews: March 2006

  • Worse yet, about 9 percent of dogs and 21 percent of cats were classified as clinically obese.

    Fido minus 5 2010

  • The study examined brain images of 94 people in their 70s over five years and concluded that subjects classified as clinically obese had eight percent less brain tissue, while overweight persons studied had four percent less brain tissue when compared to “normal” weight people.

    Obesity Significantly Shrinks And Ages Brain Tissue, Study Says | Lifehacker Australia 2009

  • I have not read about this horrible case lately but has it been determined yet whether this killer has been certified as mentally ill clinically, that is, not just by his actions?

    Philocrites: Knoxville gunman: 'I hope others do the same.' 2009

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  • Annoyingly used in beauty-product adverts by women who massively overpronounce the "cl" sounds. ESPECIALLY the "clean and clear" advert, which of course involves the word "clinically".

    August 8, 2008