experimental group

noun

(in an experiment or clinical trial) a group of subjects who are exposed to the variable under study: a lower infection rate in the experimental group that received the vaccine.

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experimental group in Medicine

experimental group

[ĭk-spĕr′ə-mĕn′tl]

n.

A group of subjects that are exposed to the variable of a control experiment.

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