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clinical, bedside (medicine)
Relating to the direct observation and treatment of patients, as opposed to theoretical or laboratory-based work. Used extensively in medical and psychological contexts.
臨床試験が始まった。
Clinical trials have begun.
彼は臨床心理士として病院に勤めている。
He works at a hospital as a clinical psychologist.
この薬は臨床段階ではまだ十分な効果が確認されていない。
Sufficient efficacy has not yet been confirmed for this drug at the clinical stage.
USAGE:
Almost always used as a modifier with の or in compound words. Rarely appears as a standalone noun in everyday conversation. The literal meaning is 'at the bedside' (臨む + 床), reflecting the original medical sense of examining a patient at their bed.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- 臨床試験: clinical trial
- 臨床心理士: clinical psychologist
- 臨床医学: clinical medicine
- 臨床経験: clinical experience
- 臨床研究: clinical research
- 臨床データ: clinical data