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preclinical

preclinical adjective: describing the period of a disease before any symptoms appear.

Adjective

preclinical (comparative more preclinical, superlative most preclinical)

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

preclinical meaning in Tamil

preclinical in Tamil

மருத்துவ முன் நிலை

Forms of preclinical

comparativemore preclinical
superlativemost preclinical

Origin of preclinical

From pre- + clinical.

Words formed from preclinical

Questions about preclinical

What does preclinical mean?
Preclinical means describing the period of a disease before any symptoms appear.
What is preclinical in Tamil?
Preclinical in Tamil is மருத்துவ முன் நிலை. See Preclinical meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is preclinical?
Preclinical is an adjective.

Words near preclinical in the dictionary

  1. preclimacteric
  2. preclimacterics
  3. preclimactic
  4. preclimax
  5. preclinic
  6. preclinical
  7. preclinically
  8. preclitic
  9. preclitics
  10. preclivity
  11. precloacal

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Adapted from Wiktionary: preclinical (page history and authors); preclinical (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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