clinical

/'klinikəl/

Thân thiện

The doctor maintained a clinical demeanor while examining the patient.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Scientifically detached; unemotional: Describes an attitude, tone, or perspective that is objective, analytical, and free from personal feelings or bias.
   • Relating to a clinic or conducted in or as if in a clinic and depending on direct observation of patients: Pertains to the observation, treatment, or study of actual patients in a medical setting, as opposed to theoretical or laboratory-based study.

Usage Examples

• Adjective (Scientifically detached):
  • The doctor's clinical description of the symptoms was very precise but lacked warmth.
  • He analyzed the company's failure with a cold, clinical eye.
• Adjective (Relating to patient observation):
  • The new drug is now in its final phase of clinical trials.
  • Her clinical experience as a nurse was invaluable during the emergency.

Advanced Usage

• "Clinical detachment": A state of emotional neutrality, especially in a professional context.
  • The surgeon maintained a necessary clinical detachment during the complex operation.
• "Clinical diagnosis": A diagnosis based on the observation of symptoms and medical examination of a patient.
  • The clinical diagnosis was later confirmed by laboratory tests.

Variants and Related Words

• Clinically (adverb): In a clinical manner.
  • She described the event so clinically it was hard to tell she was affected by it.
• Clinical trial (noun phrase): A research study performed on human volunteers to evaluate a medical treatment.
• Clinical psychology (noun phrase): The branch of psychology concerned with the assessment and treatment of mental illness.

Synonyms

• Analytical: Using logical reasoning.
• Dispassionate: Not influenced by strong emotion; impartial.
• Objective: Not influenced by personal feelings or opinions in considering facts.

Antonyms

• Emotional: Relating to a person's emotions.
• Subjective: Based on or influenced by personal feelings, tastes, or opinions.

Related Phrases

• To take a clinical view/approach: To consider something in an objective, unemotional way.
  • We need to take a clinical approach to this data, without letting our hopes influence the analysis.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. scientifically detached; unemotional
   • he spoke in the clipped clinical monotones typical of police testimony
2. relating to a clinic or conducted in or as if in a clinic and depending on direct observation of patients
   • clinical observation
   • clinical case study