preclinical

English

Etymology

From pre- +‎ clinical.

Adjective

preclinical (comparative more preclinical, superlative most preclinical)

  1. (medicine) Describing the period of a disease before any symptoms appear
  2. Describing a test or trial of a new pharmaceutical on animals (or in vitro) rather than on humans
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