Meanings
plural clinical trials
- medicineA test of a medication or other medical treatment (such as a medical device), usually a comparison against a placebo, other medications or devices, or the standard medical treatment for a patient's condition.
This study aimed to comprehensively review and analyze existing in vivo animal studies and human clinical trials investigating the effects of meteoropathy on health and its pharmacological treatment.
2023 June 28, Malvina Hoxha, Bruno Zappacosta, “Meteoropathy: a review on the current state of knowledge”, in Journal of Medicine and Life, volume 16, number 6, →DOI, archived from the original on 14 Jul 2025, pages 837-841
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna rigorously controlled test of a new drug or a new invasive medical device on human subjects; in the United States it is conducted under the direction of the FDA before being made available for general clinical use
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Afrikaans kliniese ondersoek
- kliniese ondersoektest
Catalan assaig clínic
- assaig clínictest
Chinese Mandarin 臨床試驗 /临床试验
- 臨床試驗 /临床试验 (línchuáng shìyàn)test
Finnish kliininen koe
- kliininen koetest
Polish eksperyment kliniczny
- eksperyment klinicznytest
Russian клини́ческое иссле́дование, клини́ческое испыта́ние
- клини́ческое иссле́дование (kliníčeskoje isslédovanije)test
- клини́ческое испыта́ние (kliníčeskoje ispytánije)test
Spanish ensayo clínico
- ensayo clínicotest
Ukrainian кліні́чне випро́бування
- кліні́чне випро́бування (kliníčne vypróbuvannja)test
Cite this entry
clinical trial. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/clinical%20trial
“clinical trial.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/clinical%20trial. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “clinical trial,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/clinical%20trial.
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