preclinical

1. 1.

   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

   Synonymspresymptomatic

Questions about preclinical

What does preclinical mean?

preclinical means "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".

How many syllables are in preclinical?

preclinical has 4 syllables: pre-clin-i-cal. The stress falls on "clin". In IPA it is /pɹiˈklɪnɪkəl/.

What is another word for preclinical?

Close synonyms include presymptomatic. 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 preclinical a common word?

preclinical is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.