Clinic vs Clinical - What's the difference?
clinic | clinical | Derived terms |
A medical facility, such as a hospital, especially one for the treatment and diagnosis of outpatients.
A group practice of several physicians.
A meeting for the diagnosis of problems, or training, on a particular subject.
A temporary office arranged on a regular basis to allow politicians to meet their constituents.
(wrestling) A series of workouts used to build skills of practitioners regardless of team affiliation.
(obsolete) One confined to bed by sickness.
(obsolete) One who receives baptism on a sickbed.
(medicine, obsolete) A school, or a session of a school or class, in which medicine or surgery is taught by the examination and treatment of patients in the presence of the pupils.
(Webster 1913)
Of or pertaining to a medical clinic or facility.
Dealing with how to practically manage patients, contrasting with prehealth sciences.
Done in a cool, emotionless fashion.
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Clinical is a derived term of clinic.
As a noun clinic
is a medical facility, such as a hospital, especially one for the treatment and diagnosis of outpatients.As an adjective clinical is
of or pertaining to a medical clinic or facility.clinic
English
(wikipedia clinic)Alternative forms
* (archaic)Noun
(en noun)- (Hook)
Derived terms
* abortion clinic * clinical * clinically * clinician * dental clinicExternal links
* * *clinical
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- Medicine is now more often practiced in a clinical setting than in the home.
Sergio Agüero strike wins derby for Manchester City against 10-man United," guardian.co.uk
- Remarkably United’s 10 men almost salvaged an improbable draw during a late, spirited challenge. They showed great competitive courage in that period and there were chances for Robin van Persie, Ángel Di María and Marouane Fellaini to punish City for defending too deeply and not being more clinical with their opportunities at the other end.
citation, passage=Fly-half Jonny Wilkinson put his below-par performance against Argentina behind him with a fine first-half showing, slotting four kicks from six and controlling his back-line with aplomb, while England's three-quarters were brimming with life and clinical with their execution.}}
