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# clinical

«clinical» in Mova's school dictionary: **to do with treating patients in hospitals or clinics: «a…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (clinical, more clinical, most clinical)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Clinical means to do with treating patients in hospitals or clinics: «a clinical trial». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clinical/#m1)

2) Clinical means cold, very clean and plain, without warmth: «The room looked clinical». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clinical/#m2)

3) Clinical means calm, efficient and without feeling: «a clinical finish» in football. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clinical/#m3)

4) (medical) Clinical depression is a serious illness diagnosed by a doctor. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clinical/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In science and news «clinical trials» test whether new medicines are safe. In sports reports a «clinical» striker scores without wasting chances. In descriptions, a clinical room is bare and white. Phrases: clinical trial, clinical finish, clinically proven.

### examples

- The medicine is being tested in clinical trials. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clinical/#x1)
- The striker gave a clinical finish to win the game. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clinical/#x2)
- The white room looked cold and clinical. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clinical/#x3)
- Doctors and nurses do clinical work. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clinical/#x4)
- He spoke in a clinical voice with no feeling. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clinical/#x5)
- This cream is clinically proven to help dry skin. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clinical/#x6)

### note

Adverb «clinically». «Clinically proven» in adverts should still be checked. From «clinic».

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «clinical» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clinical/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.