preclinical

adjective/priˈklɪnɪkəl/

Frequency rank: #18,580 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)

Meaning

relating to the stage of research and testing that occurs before clinical trials on human subjects.

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Example sentence

The new drug showed promising results during preclinical trials before being tested on humans.

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