clinical

1. 1.

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

   “clinical observation”

   “clinical case study”
2. 2.

   scientifically detached; unemotional

   “he spoke in the clipped clinical monotones typical of police testimony”

   Similarobjective

Questions about clinical

What does clinical mean?

clinical means "relating to a clinic or conducted in or as if in a clinic and depending on direct observation of patients". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in clinical?

clinical has 3 syllables: clin-i-cal. The stress falls on "clin". In IPA it is /ˈklɪnəkəl/.

Is clinical a common word?

clinical is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.