"clinical" in seven languages
Meaningclinical
Spanish
clínico
/ˈkliniko/
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French
clinique
/klinik/
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Italian
clinico
/ˈkliniko/
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Portuguese
clínico
/ˈkliniku/
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Romanian
clinic
/ˈklinik/
learned
Catalan
clínic
/ˈklinik/
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English
clinical
/ˈklɪnɪkəl/
from Latin/French · Latin CLĪNICUS, from Greek klīnikós
English → ItalianclinicalclinicoCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
CLĪNICUM (Greek klīnikós)‘of the sickbed’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
Greek klínē was a bed: clinical medicine is done at the patient's bedside. The feminine is also the noun 'clinic': la clínica, la clinique, la clinica.
English relatives: clinic, clinician
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In a sentence
- esLos resultados del ensayo clínico son positivos.
- frLes résultats de l'essai clinique sont positifs.
- itI risultati della sperimentazione clinica sono positivi.
- ptOs resultados do ensaio clínico são positivos.
- roRezultatele studiului clinic sunt pozitive.
- caEls resultats de l'assaig clínic són positius.
- enThe results of the clinical trial are positive.