Clinical vs Diagnosis - What's the difference?
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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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(medicine) The identification of the nature and cause of an illness.
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The identification of the nature and cause of something (of any nature).
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(taxonomy) A written description of a species or other taxon serving to distinguish that species from all others. Especially, a description written in Latin and published.
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As an adjective clinical
is of or pertaining to a medical clinic or facility.As a noun diagnosis is
(medicine) the identification of the nature and cause of an illness.clinical
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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.
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Derived terms
* clinical biochemistry * clinical chemistry * clinical medicine * clinical pharmacy * clinical research * clinical study * clinical trialdiagnosis
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Noun
(diagnoses)citation, passage=In an era when political leaders promise deliverance from decline through America’s purported preeminence in scientific research, the news that science is in deep trouble in the United States has been as unwelcome as a diagnosis of leukemia following the loss of health insurance.}}
- The quick eye for effects, the clear diagnosis of men's minds, and the love of epigram.
- My diagnosis of his character proved correct.
- The repeated exposure, over decades, to most taxa here treated has resulted in repeated modifications of both diagnoses and discussions, as initial ideas of the various taxa underwent—often repeated—conceptual modification.