Where does “preclinical” come from?
Preclinical derives from English clinical, from English clinic, from Latin clinicus, from Ancient Greek κλινικός, from Ancient Greek κλίνειν meaning "to recline or lean," with the suffix -ικός.
preclinical (English): Describing the period of a disease before any...
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- Describing the period of a disease before any...
Ancestry of “preclinical”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | clinical | Of or pertaining to a medical clinic or facility;... |
| 2 | English | -ál | — |
| 3 | English | aldehyde | Any of a large class of reactive organic... |
| 4 | German | Aldehyd | aldehyde |
| 5 | Latin | alcohol | kohl, collyrium, stibium; any other powder... |
| 6 | Andalusian Arabic | كُحُول | — |
| 7 | Arabic | كحل | antimony; kohl, stibnite; black coloring of the... |
| 8 | Arabic | كُحْل | antimony; kohl, stibnite |
| 9 | Akkadian | guḫlum | — |
Words derived from “preclinical”