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CLINICALLY

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (adverb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

In a clinical manner

Example:

she is clinically qualified

Classified under:

Adverbs

Pertainym:

clinical (relating to a clinic or conducted in or as if in a clinic and depending on direct observation of patients)

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 Context examples: 

A vascular malformation of developmental origin characterized pathologically by ectasia of superficial dermal capillaries, and clinically by persistent macular erythema.

(Nevus Flammeus, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

It is used clinically as a cerebral and coronary vasodilator.

(Nicardipine, NCI Thesaurus)

An indication or description that a serious, clinically significant event exists.

(Other Medically Important Serious Event, NCI Thesaurus)

Clinically, patients may present with an abdominal mass.

(Ovarian Granulosa Cell Tumor, NCI Thesaurus)

Clinically, endocrine deficiencies are more often associated with papillary craniopharyngioma than with the adamantinomatous type.

(Papillary Craniopharyngioma, NCI Thesaurus/Adapted from WHO)

An indication or description that the outcome of the physical examination was clinically significant.

(Physical Examination Clinically Significant, NCI Thesaurus)

A white patch or plaque on the oral mucosa that cannot be characterized clinically or pathologically as any other disease.

(Oral Leukoplakia, NCI Thesaurus)

A white patch or plaque on the oral cavity mucosa that cannot be characterized clinically or pathologically as any other disease.

(Oral Cavity Leukoplakia, NCI Thesaurus)

This is a clinically aggressive type of renal cell carcinoma.

(Non-Hereditary Clear Cell Renal Cell Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

NHL is clinically classified as indolent, aggressive, or having a variable clinical course.

(non-Hodgkin lymphoma, NCI Thesaurus)