preclinical

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *per-

Proto-Indo-European *preh₂-

Proto-Indo-European *-i

Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i?

Proto-Italic *prai

Proto-Italic *prai-

Latin prae-lbor.

Middle English pre-

English pre-

Proto-Indo-European *ḱel-

Proto-Indo-European *-éyti

Proto-Indo-European *ḱley-

Proto-Indo-European *-né-

Proto-Indo-European *ḱl̥néyti

Proto-Hellenic *klíňňō

Ancient Greek κλῑ́νω (klī́nō)

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Ancient Greek -ᾱ (-ā)

Ancient Greek -η (-ē)

Ancient Greek κλῑ́νη (klī́nē)

Proto-Indo-European *-kos

Ancient Greek -κός (-kós)

Ancient Greek -ῐκός (-ĭkós)

Ancient Greek κλῑνῐκός (klīnĭkós)bor.

Late Latin clīnicus

French cliniquebor.

English clinic

Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.?

Proto-Italic *-ālis

Latin -ālisbor.

Old French -albor.

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Latin -ālis

Old French -elbor.

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Latin -ālisbor.

Middle English -al

English -al

English clinical

English preclinical

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

Derived terms

• preclinically