phase i

1. 1.

   a clinical trial on a few persons to determine the safety of a new drug or invasive medical device; for drugs, dosage or toxicity limits should be obtained

   Synonymsphase I clinical trial

   Broaderclinical trial

Questions about phase i

What does phase i mean?

phase i means "a clinical trial on a few persons to determine the safety of a new drug or invasive medical device; for drugs, dosage or toxicity limits should be obtained".

What is another word for phase i?

Close synonyms include phase I clinical trial. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is phase i a common word?

phase i is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.