Usage Note
Clínico describes anything relating to direct patient care or medical diagnosis: un ensayo clínico ('a clinical trial'), una mirada clínica ('a clinical eye'). As a noun, el clínico can refer to a clinician. Note the feminine noun clínica, which means a private medical clinic rather than a female clinician.
Examples
"Los resultados del ensayo clínico son prometedores."
Natural Translation
The results of the clinical trial are promising.
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