clinimetrics

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noun

A methodological discipline concerned with the development and application of various instruments (indices, rating scales, etc.) to measure symptoms, signs, and other clinical outcomes.

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Meanings

nounclinimetrics (uncountable)

alternative clinemetrics

  1. uncountablemedicineA methodological discipline concerned with the development and application of various instruments (indices, rating scales, etc.) to measure symptoms, signs, and other clinical outcomes.

Origin

From clini(cal) + -metrics, by analogy with biometrics, psychometrics, econometrics, etc. Coined by American epidemiologist Alvan Feinstein in a 1982 paper in Circulation.

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