as in professional
having or showing a lack of emotion or interest
She spoke to the patient's family in a clinical tone.
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Recent Examples of clinical
While it's been used as a complementary treatment for cancer patients for some time, there's not enough scientific data yet to draw clinical conclusions.
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New Atlas, 1 Mar. 2025
Since 2019, Kelly has served as the NYU SPS Tisch Institute’s academic director of graduate programs and clinical professor.
—Sportico Staff, Sportico.com, 28 Feb. 2025
By focusing on clinical meaning rather than just linguistic similarity, healthcare organizations can unlock the full potential of GenAI for accurate and reliable clinical decision-making.
—Michal Tzuchman Katz Md, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2025
The impacts are being felt in communities across the country that have universities or academic medical centers, Wolfson and others said, as well as clinical training, basic scientific research and patient care.
—Trevor Hughes, USA TODAY, 21 Feb. 2025
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New Atlas, 1 Mar. 2025
Since 2019, Kelly has served as the NYU SPS Tisch Institute’s academic director of graduate programs and clinical professor.
—Sportico Staff, Sportico.com, 28 Feb. 2025
By focusing on clinical meaning rather than just linguistic similarity, healthcare organizations can unlock the full potential of GenAI for accurate and reliable clinical decision-making.
—Michal Tzuchman Katz Md, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2025
The impacts are being felt in communities across the country that have universities or academic medical centers, Wolfson and others said, as well as clinical training, basic scientific research and patient care.
—Trevor Hughes, USA TODAY, 21 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for clinical
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“Clinical.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clinical. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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