PRECLINICAL PHASE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does preclinical phase mean? 

• PRECLINICAL PHASE (noun)
  The noun PRECLINICAL PHASE 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 trial

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• PRECLINICAL PHASE (noun)

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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 phase" is a kind of...):

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