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