Dictionary

clinically en · ADV

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱel- Proto-Indo-European *-éyti Proto-Indo-European *ḱley- Proto-Indo-European *-né- Proto-Indo-European *ḱl̥néyti Proto-Hellenic *klíňňō Ancient Greek κλῑ́νω (klī́nō) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-ā́ Ancient Greek -ᾱ (-ā) Ancient Greek -η (-ē) Ancient Greek κλῑ́νη (klī́nē) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ῐκός (-ĭkós) Ancient Greek κλῑνῐκός (klīnĭkós)bor. Late Latin clīnicus French cliniquebor. English clinic English -al English clinical Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English clinically From clinical + -ly.

Meanings

1. In a clinical manner: dispassionately or analytically.
2. In the setting of a medical clinic; in a clinical setting; (of a health condition) to a degree high enough to be relevant to clinical practice.
   • Hypokalemia may manifest clinically as fatigue and muscle cramping.
   • clinically apparent
   • Abraham Lincoln was clinically depressed. Some say he was gay. He guest-starred on a “Star Trek” episode and became a vampire slayer. 2021 March 14, John Blake, “Did Black lives matter to Abraham Lincoln? It’s complicated”, in CNN, archived from the original on 12 Oct 2022:
   • Mild electrolyte disturbances are usually not clinically apparent, but if they worsen, symptoms begin.
3. At a person's bedside.
   • a person baptised clinically

Forms

Antonyms

nonclinically

Coordinates

subclinically

Deriveds

paraclinically · clinically dead · clinically depressed · nonclinically

Translations (7)

it clinicamente (in the setting of a medical clinic) · pt clinicamente (in the setting of a medical clinic) · fr cliniquement (in the setting of a medical clinic) · ca clínicament (in the setting of a medical clinic) · gl clinicamente (in the setting of a medical clinic) · fi kliinisesti (in the setting of a medical clinic) · es clínicamente (in the setting of a medical clinic)