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kliinisen

Kliininen is Finnish an adjective meaning related to clinical work, patient care, or settings where medical treatment is provided. It is used in medical, psychological, and health sciences contexts to distinguish activities, research, and practices that involve patients and real-world clinical environments from basic or laboratory-focused work. Common phrases include kliininen lääketiede (clinical medicine), kliininen psykologia (clinical psychology), and kliininen tutkimus (clinical research).

Etymology and usage notes: the Finnish kliininen derives from the same linguistic lineage as the English clinical

Related terms and distinctions: kliininen contrasts with terms like perus- or perustutkimus (basic or fundamental research)

See also: kliininen tutkimus, kliininen lääketiede, kliininen psykologia, kliinikan termistö.

and
Swedish
klinisk,
which
in
turn
trace
to
Latin
clinīcus
and
Greek
klinikos,
originally
related
to
bedside
observation
and
the
care
of
patients.
In
Finnish,
kliininen
is
widely
employed
in
professional
terminology
to
describe
practices,
measurements,
trials,
and
assessments
conducted
with
or
in
the
context
of
patients.
The
form
kliinisen
is
the
genitive
singular
of
kliininen
and
appears
in
phrases
such
as
kliinisen
tutkimuksen
tulokset
(the
results
of
clinical
research)
or
kliinisen
psykologian
ala
(the
field
of
clinical
psychology).
and
lab-
or
laboratorio-tain,
which
emphasize
non-clinical,
laboratory-based
work.
It
also
appears
in
compound
nouns
describing
departments,
areas
of
practice,
or
research
domains
within
healthcare
settings.