clinical

Universal Words adjective 1 [onlybeforenoun] relating to the examination and treatment of patients and their illnesses: clinical research (= done on patients, not just considering theory) * clinical training (= the part of a doctor's training done in a hospital) * clinical trials of a drug 2 (disapproving) cold and calm and without feeling or sympathy: He watched her suffering with clinical detachment. 3 (disapproving) (of a room, building, etc.) very plain; without decoration: Everything in the nursery was white and clinical and there were no pictures on the walls. clinically adverb: clinically dead (= judged to be dead from the condition of the body) * clinically depressed