preclinical

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English

Etymology

pre- +‎ clinical

Adjective

preclinical (comparative more preclinical, superlative most preclinical)

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

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