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Nonclinical vs Preclinical - What's the difference?

nonclinical | preclinical |

As adjectives the difference between nonclinical and preclinical

is that nonclinical is not clinical or medical while preclinical is describing the period of a disease before any symptoms appear.

nonclinical

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Not clinical or medical
  • Not objective; emotional

    • preclinical

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (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