Preclinical Definition

prē-klĭnĭ-kəl
adjective
Of or in the period of a disease before any of the symptoms appear.
Webster's New World
Relating to a period in an individual's medical education before they begin clinical work.
Preclinical students.
American Heritage Medicine
Relating to research conducted prior to direct experimental treatment or observation of human subjects.
Preclinical drug trials.
American Heritage Medicine

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

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Preclinical Sentence Examples

  • More generally, over 100 molecules are in development as apoptosis agonists, although approaching 70% of these remain in preclinical development.

  • This again reflects the enormous preclinical research effort dedicated to oncology, and the relatively restricted number of marketed anticancer drugs.

  • This approach has, however, remained experimental, and indeed most molecules in development remain in preclinical phases.

  • Preclinical development is much higher than for efforts in cardiovascular disease, although the latter has a higher impact on mortality statistics.

  • The primary goal of the Experimental Radiation Therapeutics Group is the preclinical and early clinical development of radiopharmaceutical agents for the treatment of cancer.

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