clinician /-ishˈən/ noun

1. A doctor, etc who works directly with patients
2. A doctor, etc who runs, or works in, a clinic

clinical baptism noun

Baptism administered to persons on their sickbed

clinical convert noun

A person converted on his or her deathbed

clinical death noun

A state of the body in which the brain has entirely ceased to function, though artificial means can be used to maintain the action of the heart, lungs, etc

clinical lecture noun

One given to students at the bedside of the sick

clinical medicine or clinical surgery noun

Medicine or surgery as taught by clinics

clinical thermometer noun

A finely-calibrated thermometer in which the temperature taken continues to be indicated until reset by shaking

clinical trial noun

The study of existing data on or the obtaining of new data from human patients directly in order to test the efficacy of a treatment or a hypothesis related to the cause of a disease