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preclinical

/pree-klin-i-kuhl/US // priˈklɪn ɪ kəl //UK // (priːˈklɪnɪkəl) //

临床前,临床前的,临床前期,技术前

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1

    Medicine/Medical.

    • : of or relating to the period prior to the appearance of the symptoms.

Examples

  • About 47 million Americans have some evidence of preclinical Alzheimer’s disease, which means their brains show signs of adverse changes, but symptoms have not yet developed.

  • Following these results and the latest encouraging new preclinical data, we will now work to further optimize our candidate to achieve this goal.

  • Gilead has begun preclinical studies to compare both drugs, according to company spokesperson Chris Ridley.

  • Together, the cell and animal studies “are the preclinical data that would normally be required for a drug trial to actually start,” she says.

  • Four in Phase I trials, 19 in preclinical testsResearchers make a DNA copy of the virus’s RNA instructions for making a particular protein.

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