{
    "term": "clinical",
    "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "relating to the examination and treatment of patients and their illnesses",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "clinical research *(= done on patients, not just considering theory)*"
                },
                {
                    "text": "clinical training *(= the part of a doctor’s training done in a hospital)*"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She regarded her patients from a purely clinical standpoint."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["purely", "almost"],
                "preposition": ["about"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "cold and calm and without feeling or sympathy",
            "labels": "(disapproving)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He watched her suffering with clinical detachment."
                },
                {
                    "text": "How can you be so cold and clinical about your son’s accident?"
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["purely", "almost"],
                "preposition": ["about"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "very plain; without decoration",
            "labels": "(disapproving)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Everything in the nursery was white and clinical and there were no pictures on the walls."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈklɪnɪkl/",
                "audio": "cl/clinical/clinical__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈklɪnɪkl/",
                "audio": "cl/clinical/clinical__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late 18th cent.: from Greek klinikē ‘bedside’, from klinē ‘bed’. + -al."
}