Meanings
comparative more clinically · superlative most clinically
- In a clinical manner: dispassionately or analytically.
- 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.
clinically apparent
3 more examples
Hypokalemia may manifest clinically as fatigue and muscle cramping.
Mild electrolyte disturbances are usually not clinically apparent, but if they worsen, symptoms begin.
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 2022Antonyms: nonclinically
- At a person's bedside.
a person baptised clinically
Synonyms & antonyms
adverbIn 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.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱel-
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱley-
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱl̥néyti
- Proto-Hellenic*klíňňō
- Ancient Greekκλῑ́νω (klī́nō)
- Ancient Greekκλῑ́νη (klī́nē)
- Ancient Greekκλῑνῐκός (klīnĭkós)
- Late Latinclīnicus
- Frenchclinique
- Englishclinic
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
- Englishclinical
- Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
- Proto-Germanic*līką
- Englishclinically
Translations
Catalan clínicament
- clínicamentin the setting of a medical clinic
Finnish kliinisesti
- kliinisestiin the setting of a medical clinic
French cliniquement
- cliniquementin the setting of a medical clinic
Italian clinicamente
- clinicamentein the setting of a medical clinic
Portuguese clinicamente
- clinicamentein the setting of a medical clinic
Spanish clínicamente
- clínicamentein the setting of a medical clinic
Cite this entry
clinically. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/clinically
“clinically.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/clinically. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “clinically,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/clinically.
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