double-blindadjective
uk/ˌdʌb.əlˈblaɪnd/us/ˌdʌb.əlˈblaɪnd/specializedA double-blind study or trial, especially in medicine, is one in which two groups of people are studied, for example with one group taking a new drug and one group taking something else, but neither the people in the study nor the scientist or doctor knows which person is in which group.
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Scientific techniques
- carbon capture
- carbon dating
- clone
- dissect
- fixation
- gene amplification
- genetic engineering
- genetic fingerprinting
- radiocarbon dating
- thermal imaging
- tissue culture
- transgenic
- vivisection