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(), n.[See Clinical.] 1. One confined to the bed by sickness. 2. (Eccl.) One who receives baptism on a sick bed. [Obs.] Hook. 3. (Med.) A school, or a session of a school or class, in which medicine or surgery is taught by the examination and treatment of patients in the presence of the pupils. Clin"ical (kln"kal), Clin"ic (kln"k)}, a.[Gr. kliniko°s, fr. kli°nh bed, fr. kli°nein to lean, recline: cf. F. clinique. See Lean, v. i.] 1. Of or pertaining to a bed, especially, a sick bed. 2. Of or pertaining to a clinic, or to the study of disease in the living subject. Clinical baptism, baptism administered to a person on a sick bed. Clinical instruction, instruction by means of clinics. Clinical lecture (Med.), a discourse upon medical topics illustrated by the exhibition and examination of living patients. Clinical medicine, Clinical surgery, that part of medicine or surgery which is occupied with the investigation of disease in the living subject. スポンサード リンク
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