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PRECLINICAL TRIAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does preclinical trial mean? 

PRECLINICAL TRIAL (noun)
  The noun PRECLINICAL TRIAL has 1 sense:

1. a laboratory test of a new drug or a new invasive medical device on animal subjects; conducted to gather evidence justifying a clinical trialplay

  Familiarity information: PRECLINICAL TRIAL used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


PRECLINICAL TRIAL (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A laboratory test of a new drug or a new invasive medical device on animal subjects; conducted to gather evidence justifying a clinical trial

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

preclinical phase; preclinical test; preclinical trial

Hypernyms ("preclinical trial" is a kind of...):

run; test; trial (the act of testing something)


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