Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun preclinical_trial

1 sense of preclinical trial

Sense 1
preclinical trial, preclinical test, preclinical phase -- (a laboratory test of a new drug or a new invasive medical device on animal subjects; conducted to gather evidence justifying a clinical trial)
       => test, trial, run -- (the act of testing something; "in the experimental trials the amount of carbon was measured separately"; "he called each flip of the coin a new trial")