clinical
/kˈlɪnəkəl/KLIH-nuh-kuhl
/kˈlɪnəkəl/KLIH-nuh-kuhl
Meaningrelating to a bed or bedside care
Common meaning: relating to medical examination or treatment
- clinicalrelating to a bed or bedside careSkeat, Etymological Dictionary (1898), p. 115 · scan
Journey through time
- Greekklinikos‘relating to a bed or bedside care’source
- Latinclinicus‘bedside physician’source
- Frenchmeaning shiftsbedside physician → bedridden personclinique‘bedridden person’source
- Englishmeaning shiftsbedridden person → relating to medical examination or treatmentclinical‘relating to medical examination or treatment’ · today
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
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Origin: Built on Greek klinikos ‘relating to a bed or bedside care’.
Roots
- klinikos Greek “relating to a bed or bedside care”
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