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clinically

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    From clinical + -ly.

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    Adverb

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    clinically (comparative more clinically, superlative most clinically)

    1. In a clinical manner: dispassionately or analytically.
    2. In the setting of a medical clinic; in a clinical setting; (of a health condition) to a degree high enough to be relevant to clinical practice.
      Antonym: nonclinically
      Coordinate term: subclinically
      clinically apparent
      Hypokalemia may manifest clinically as fatigue and muscle cramping.
      Mild electrolyte disturbances are usually not clinically apparent, but if they worsen, symptoms begin.
      • 2021 March 14, John Blake, “Did Black lives matter to Abraham Lincoln? It’s complicated”, in CNN[1], archived from the original on 12 October 2022:
        Abraham Lincoln was clinically depressed. Some say he was gay. He guest-starred on a “Star Trek” episode and became a vampire slayer.
    3. At a person's bedside.
      a person baptised clinically

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