clínicamente

clinically

adverb KLEE-nee-kah-MEN-teh Rare

Usage Note

Clínicamente derives from clínico (clinical) plus the adverb suffix -mente. It appears in medical contexts ('clínicamente muerto', clinically dead) but also in figurative usage meaning 'with detached precision', much like English 'clinically'. When two -mente adverbs appear in a series, Spanish typically drops the suffix from all but the last: clínica y técnicamente.

Examples

"El paciente estaba clínicamente estable."

Natural Translation

The patient was clinically stable.

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