Clinical \Clin"ic*al\, Clinic \Clin"ic\, a. [Gr. ?, fr. ? bed, fr. ? to lean, recline: cf. F. clinique. See Lean, v. i.]

1. Of or pertaining to a bed, especially, a sick bed.

2. Of or pertaining to a clinic, or to the study of disease in the living subject.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)