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clinically

adverb

Simple meaning

To a degree high enough to be relevant to clinical practice.

Pronunciation

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klinihkuhlee

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ˈklɪnɪkəli

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Definition

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adverb

  1. In the setting of a medical clinic; in a clinical setting; (of a health condition) to a degree high enough to be relevant to clinical practice.

  2. In a clinical manner: dispassionately or analytically.

  3. At a person's bedside.

Word at a Glance

Difficulty
B2 · Upper Intermediate (estimated)
Frequency
Moderately Common
Typical Use
Varies by meaning

Word Aura™

How this word commonly comes across.

Aura for this meaning

This meaning: In the setting of a medical clinic; in a clinical setting; (of a health condition) to a degree high enough to be relevant to clinical practice.

Used this way, clinically is a specialist word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. This is a clinical use: it belongs to medical description, where it is factual rather than emotive.

Emotional tone
Neutral
Formality
Specialist/technical
Intensity
Not strongly marked
How common
Specialized
Connotation
Clinical and technical
Usage feel
Technical and specialized

Where it naturally appears

  • Medicine/healthcare
  • Science
  • Technical/specialist writing

Usage note

In general conversation this sense usually needs explaining — outside its field, people reach for a plainer word.

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clinically significantclinically relevantclinically importantclinically usefulclinically normalclinically effectiveclinically oriented

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Word Family

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Inflected forms

Grammatical variations of the same word.

  • clinicaladjectiveBase word

    Relating to a clinic or conducted in or as if in a clinic and depending on direct observation of patients.

Word family

Words built from the same root.

  • cliniciannounPerson or profession

    A practitioner (of medicine or psychology) who does clinical work instead of laboratory experiments.

  • clinicnounDerived noun · specialist

    A medical establishment run by a group of medical specialists.

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