clinically

In detached manner

Clinically describes something done in the manner of medical practice or observation.

A drug is clinically tested through controlled trials.

A diagnosis is clinically confirmed by a physician.

Extended uses suggest detached, systematic analysis without emotion: She assessed the situation clinically.

The word can also emphasize that something meets a diagnostic threshold: clinically depressed, clinically dead.

detached

dispassionate

Free from emotional involvement

aloof · distant · impassive · detached · remote · uninvolved · matter-of-fact · businesslike · coolly · indifferent

medical

diagnosis

Identification of illness

hospital · physician · symptoms · prognosis · prescription · pathology · examination · assessment · trial · intervention

precise

methodical

Organized and deliberate

exact · measured · controlled · exacting · thorough · careful · deliberate · scrupulous · analytical · detailed

sterile

antiseptic

Microbe-killing substance

stark · bare · austere · white · fluorescent · institutional · spartan · unadorned · cold · minimal

Categories
Opposites
emotional detachment vs. engagement

clinicallyemotionally

Regarding inner feelings

passionately · warmly · hysterically · compassionately · tenderly

precision and sterility vs. messiness

clinicallymessily

In disorderly manner

chaotically · haphazardly · sloppily · carelessly · imprecisely

professional/medical vs. informal/lay

clinicallyinformally

Without official protocol

casually · colloquially · anecdotally · amateurishly · unscientifically

Phrases
Family

clinical, preclinical, subclinical, nonclinical, clinical trials, clinical trial

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