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nonclinical en · ADJ

Etymology

From non- + clinical.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Not clinical, as: ▸ Medical but not clinical in the sense of clinical medicine, being instead, for example, radiological, histopathological, surgical, or laboratorial.
  2. (not-comparable) Not clinical, as: ▸ Not medical, being instead lay in nature, or at most paramedical.
    • helping people to learn about first aid from a nonclinical viewpoint
  3. (not-comparable) Not clinical, as: ▸ Lacking clinical objectivity; subjective; emotional.
    • Societal approaches to mental illness often clearly reflect a nonclinical bias, as for example with stigmatization or fear.

Antonyms

clinical

Coordinates

subclinical

Deriveds

nonclinically