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Preclinical vs Asymptomatic - What's the difference?

preclinical | asymptomatic |

As adjectives the difference between preclinical and asymptomatic

is that preclinical is (medicine) describing the period of a disease before any symptoms appear while asymptomatic is (pathology) not exhibiting any symptoms of disease.

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

    • asymptomatic

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (pathology) Not exhibiting any symptoms of disease.

    • Synonyms

    * symptomless

    Derived terms

    * asymptomatically