单词 | clinically |
释义 | clinically (once / 25807 pages) adv When a medication has been clinically proven, it's been tested on actual patients. Clinically can also describe a cold and detached manner, a personality better suited to robots than people. It's a good thing when doctors and scientists do things clinically, because they're not only using studies and statistics to make decisions — they're talking to and observing patients. On the other hand, when a doctor treats you clinically at your yearly appointment, she is efficient but aloof, rather than warm and welcoming. Clinically is from clinical, from the Latin clinicus, "physician who visits patients in their beds," with the Greek root klinike, "at the sickbed." WORD FAMILYclinical: clinically, preclinical, subclinical+/clinic: clinical, clinics USAGE EXAMPLESIdeally, the President would never be short-tempered, impulsive, or clinically depressed. The New Yorker(Dec 23, 2016) Slate speculates that Trump may want to add an inch to his height to avoid being classified as clinically obese. Time(Dec 23, 2016) There's still substantial genetic overlap between the three groups, so the analysis is not immediately clinically applicable. Nature(Dec 20, 2016) adv in a clinical manner she is clinically qualified |
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