Clinical (Greek: κλινικος/klinikos, of the bed) can refer to:

Medicine and vetrenary medicine

• Medical practices undertaken in a clinic or at the bedside of a patient
• A clinical examination, also known as a physical examination, that examines a patient's body without the use of laboratory tests, x-rays or medical imagings
• Medical care of patients who are presently ill, compared to statistical studies or experimental work tested on future or potential patients
• The applied branches of medical sciences and professions such as clinical psychology or clinical medicine
• A clinical trial, testing a medication or treatment versus a placebo or dummy procedure
• Clinical governance, a systematic approach to maintaining and improving the quality of patient care within a health system
• Specific conditions diagnosed from only clinical examination, such as clinical death

See also

• Clinician

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