control animal


animal

 [an´ĭ-mal] 1. a living organism having sensation and the power of voluntary movement and requiring for its existence oxygen and organic food; animals comprise one of the five kingdoms in the most widely used classification of living organisms.2. any member of the animal kingdom other than a human being.3. of or pertaining to such an organism.control animal an untreated animal otherwise identical in all respects to one that is used for purposes of experiment; used for checking results of treatment.

con·trol an·i·mal

in research, an animal submitted to the same conditions as the others used for the experiment, but with the crucial factor (for example, injection of antitoxin, the administration of a drug) omitted.
See also: control, control experiment.

con·trol an·i·mal

(kŏn-trōl ani-măl) In research, an animal submitted to the same conditions as the others used for the experiment, but with the crucial factor (e.g., injection of antitoxin, the administration of a drug) omitted.