# preclinical

> English word · Adjective · frequency rank #46,706

## Definitions
1. Describing the period of a disease before any symptoms appear
2. Describing a test or trial of a new pharmaceutical on animals (or in vitro) rather than on humans

## Etymology
From pre- + clinical.

## Common misspellings (17)
`perclinical`, `ppreclinical`, `prcelinical`, `precclinical`, `precilnical`, `precliincal`, `preclincial`, `precliniacl`, `preclinicall`, `precliniccal`, `preclinicla`, `preclinnical`, `precllinical`, `preclniical`, `prelcinical`, `prreclinical`, `rpeclinical`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/preclinical