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clinically
This term operates in two distinct registers. In a medical context, it refers to evidence gathered from direct observation of a patient's symptoms and signs, contrasting with "subclinically" or findings from laboratory tests and imaging. It describes the practical application of medicine in a real-world setting.
In a social or psychological context, the word carries a negative connotation of sterility and emotional distance. When someone behaves clinically, they are perceived as treating people like objects or data points, lacking empathy or human warmth. This usage often implies a calculated, almost surgical detachment from the emotional weight of a situation.
Meanings
In a way that relates to the observation and treatment of actual patients rather than theoretical or laboratory study.
Examples
The patient is clinically dead although the heart is still beating.
He described the scene of the crime clinically without showing any emotion.
The new drug has been clinically proven to reduce blood pressure.
She analyzed my failures clinically as if I were a specimen in a jar.
I need to look at this situation clinically to find a solution.
The symptoms were clinically significant enough to warrant immediate surgery.
Why does he speak so clinically even when talking about his own family?
The researcher noted that the results were clinically irrelevant despite the statistical significance.
The researcher noted that the results were clinically irrelevant despite the statistical significance.