PRECLINICAL

preclinical, presymptomatic

(adjective) of or relating to the early phases of a disease when accurate diagnosis is not possible because symptoms of the disease have not yet appeared

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

preclinical (comparative more preclinical, superlative most preclinical)

(medicine) Describing the period of a disease before any symptoms appear

Describing a test or trial of a new pharmaceutical on animals (or in vitro) rather than on humans

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

16 January 2025

BOOK

(noun) a collection of rules or prescribed standards on the basis of which decisions are made; “they run things by the book around here”


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Coffee Trivia

Coffee starts as a yellow berry, changes into a red berry, and then is picked by hand to harvest. The red berry is de-shelled through a water soaking process and what’s left inside is the green coffee bean. This bean then dries in the sun for 3-5 days, where it is then packed and ready for sale.

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