clinicallyadverb
uk/ˈklɪn.ɪ.kəl.i//ˈklɪn.ɪ.kəl.i/clinically adverb (MEDICAL)
specialized medical according to medical science and examination of patients:
Doctors pronounced him clinically dead.
specialized medical relating to the results of clinical tests or experiments:
This toothpaste has been clinically proven to protect your teeth.
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Medical examination
- audiology
- biopsy
- CAT scan
- cervical smear
- check-up
- colonoscopy
- ct
- ECG
- electrocardiogram
- laparoscopy
- mammogram
- palpate
- palpation
- PET scan
- post-mortem
- pregnancy test
- screening
- sonogram
- specimen
- ultrasound
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clinically adverb (WITHOUT EMOTION)
in a way that lacks emotion or sympathy:
She talks about her traumatized childhood emotionlessly, almost clinically.
Should doctors always remain clinically detached from their patients?
in a way that lacks warmth or comfort
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Not showing or feeling emotions
- anodyne
- belie
- bite
- bite your lip idiom
- cold-eyed
- detachment
- evenly
- expressionless
- glaze
- hard-bitten
- icy
- immune
- impassive
- po-faced
- poker-faced
- reserved
- sphinx-like
- stiff upper lip
- stoic
- stoicism
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Comfortable and uncomfortable
Plain and ordinary