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Control group
Pronunciation
Definition 1
In a clinical trial, the group that does not receive the new treatment being studied. This group is compared to the group that receives the new treatment, to see if the new treatment works. (NCI Dictionary)
Definition 2
A group used as a standard of comparison in a control experiment. (NCI Thesaurus)
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