In a manner relating to medical treatment of patients. Also means in an objective, detached, or unemotional way.
From Greek 'klinikos' meaning 'of the bed' (from 'kline' meaning 'bed'), referring to bedside medical care. The adverbial form developed to describe both medical methodology and, metaphorically, any coldly analytical approach.
The word bridges ancient Greek bedside medicine with modern scientific rigor - 'clinical' thinking means approaching problems like a doctor examining symptoms, with emotional distance and systematic analysis. This medical metaphor has become our standard for objective, evidence-based reasoning.
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