Definition of Preclinical

1. Adjective. 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.


Definition of Preclinical

1. Adjective. (medicine) Describing the period of a disease before any symptoms appear ¹

2. Adjective. Describing a test or trial of a new pharmaceutical on animals (or in vitro) rather than on humans ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Preclinical

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Preclinical

precivilization
preclair
preclamping
preclare
preclean
precleaned
precleaning
precleans
preclear
preclearance
preclearances
precleared
preclearing
preclears
preclinical (current term)
preclinical phase
preclinical test
preclinical trial
preclinically
precloacal
precludable
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precluded
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precluding
preclusion
preclusions
preclusive
preclusively

Literary usage of Preclinical

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Collected Papers by the Staff of Saint Mary's Hospital, Mayo Clinic by Saint Marys Hospital (Rochester, Minn.) (1921)
"THE PRESENT STATUS OF preclinical BRANCHES* LB WILSON The burden of what I have ... The causes of the depletion of the personnel of the preclinical branches ..."

2. Drug Addiction Research & the Health of Women edited by Cora L. Wetherington (1999)
"Almost no preclinical research on the effects of serotoninergic compounds ... It is important to conduct preclinical research in psychopharmacology using ..."

3. The Oxford Medicine by Henry Asbury Christian, James Mackenzie (1920)
"These preclinical sciences were largely developed in the first place by ... The facts and principles of these preclinical sciences supply data that are ..."

4. Anabolic Steroid Abuse by Geraline C. Lin (1996)
"Anabolic Steroids and Behavior: A preclinical Research Prospectus Bruce B. Svare ... First, I will review some of the information derived from preclinical ..."

5. Drug Labeling In Developing Countries by DIANE Publishing Company (2004)
"The research, development, and review process for a new drug comprises four stages: preclinical research and preparation of an Investigational New Drug ..."

6. Collected Papers by the Staff of Saint Mary's Hospital, Mayo Clinic by Saint Marys Hospital (Rochester, Minn.) (1921)
"THE PRESENT STATUS OF preclinical BRANCHES* LB WILSON The burden of what I have ... The causes of the depletion of the personnel of the preclinical branches ..."

7. Drug Addiction Research & the Health of Women edited by Cora L. Wetherington (1999)
"Almost no preclinical research on the effects of serotoninergic compounds ... It is important to conduct preclinical research in psychopharmacology using ..."

8. The Oxford Medicine by Henry Asbury Christian, James Mackenzie (1920)
"These preclinical sciences were largely developed in the first place by ... The facts and principles of these preclinical sciences supply data that are ..."

9. Anabolic Steroid Abuse by Geraline C. Lin (1996)
"Anabolic Steroids and Behavior: A preclinical Research Prospectus Bruce B. Svare ... First, I will review some of the information derived from preclinical ..."

10. Drug Labeling In Developing Countries by DIANE Publishing Company (2004)
"The research, development, and review process for a new drug comprises four stages: preclinical research and preparation of an Investigational New Drug ..."

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