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Noun: clinical trial
  1. A 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
    - clinical test

Derived forms: clinical trials

Type of: run, test, trial

Encyclopedia: Clinical trial

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