clinical

Related to testing medicines or treatments on people to see how well they work.

• The medicine is in clinical trials.
• Clinical studies showed that the treatment helped most patients.
• Hundreds of volunteers took part in the clinical research.

Common phrases: clinical trial, clinical study, clinical research

Related to examining and treating patients directly.

• She needs more clinical experience.
• The nurses began their clinical training in January.
• His clinical examination revealed no serious problems.

Common phrases: clinical practice, clinical training, clinical experience

Based on careful examination of facts, without showing emotion.

• His voice had a clinical tone.
• She gave a clinical description of the accident.
• They took a clinical approach to the difficult decision.

Similar words: objective, detached, dispassionate

Opposites: emotional

Common phrases: clinical tone, clinical approach, clinical description, clinical analysis