different between clinical vs biomedicine

English

Etymology

clinic +? -al

Pronunciation

• enPR: kl?n'?k?l, IPA^(key): /?kl?n?k?l/

Adjective

clinical (comparative more clinical, superlative most clinical)

1. Of or pertaining to a clinic, such as a medical clinic or law clinic

   Medicine is now more often practiced in a clinical setting than in the home.

2. (medicine) Dealing with practical management of patients; contrasting with prehealth sciences.
3. Cool and emotionless.
4. precise
   • November 2 2014, Daniel Taylor, "Sergio Agüero strike wins derby for Manchester City against 10-man United," guardian.co.uk

     Remarkably United’s 10 men almost salvaged an improbable draw during a late, spirited challenge. They showed great competitive courage in that period and there were chances for Robin van Persie, Ángel Di María and Marouane Fellaini to punish City for defending too deeply and not being more clinical with their opportunities at the other end.
5. (obsolete) Of or relating to a bed.

   a clinical convert: one who turns to religion on their death-bed

   clinical baptism

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

clinical (plural clinicals)

1. (education) A medical student's session spent in a real-world nursing environment.

English

Etymology

bio- +? medicine

Noun

biomedicine (countable and uncountable, plural biomedicines)

1. The application of biology and physiology to clinical medicine.
2. The branch of medicine that studies the effects of environmental stress on organisms (most often in space travel).
3. (countable) A medicine created with the use of living organisms.

Translations

Italian

Noun

biomedicine f

1. plural of biomedicina