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.

Words nearby experimental group

experientialism, experiment, experiment station, experimental, experimental condition, experimental group, experimental medicine, experimental psychology, experimental theater, experimentalism, experimentalize

Medical definitions for experimental group

experimental group
[ ĭk-spĕr′ə-mĕn′tl ]

n.

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