Laboratory vs Clinical - What's the difference?
laboratory | clinical |
A room, building or institution equipped for scientific research, experimentation or analysis.
A place where chemicals, drugs or microbes are prepared or manufactured.
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, title= 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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As a noun laboratory
is a room, building or institution equipped for scientific research, experimentation or analysis.As an adjective clinical is
of or pertaining to a medical clinic or facility.laboratory
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Alternative forms
* labouratoryNoun
(laboratories)Magician’s brain, passage=[Isaac Newton] was obsessed with alchemy. He spent hours copying alchemical recipes and trying to replicate them in his laboratory . He believed that the Bible contained numerological codes.}}
See also
* ("laboratory" on Wikipedia)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.
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.}}