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Preclinical

adj

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Describing the period of a disease before any symptoms appear
  2. 2
    Describing a test or trial of a new pharmaceutical on animals (or in vitro) rather than on humans
Adjective
  1. 1
    of or relating to the early phases of a disease when accurate diagnosis is not possible because symptoms of the disease have not yet appeared wordnet

Etymology

From pre- + clinical.

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