"control group" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: control groups [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} control group (plural control groups)
  1. (in an experiment) The group of test subjects left untreated or unexposed to some procedure and then compared with treated subjects in order to validate the results of the test. Synonyms: control Translations (group of test subjects left untreated): контро́лна гру́па (kontrólna grúpa) [feminine] (Bulgarian), kontrolgruppe [common-gender] (Danish), kontrollgrupp (Estonian), vertailuryhmä (Finnish), groupe témoin [masculine] (French), საკონტროლო ჯგუფი (saḳonṭrolo ǯgupi) (Georgian), Kontrollgruppe [feminine] (German), בִּקֹּרֶת (Hebrew), ביקורת (biqóret) [feminine] (Hebrew), kelompok kawalan (Malay), grupa kontrolna [feminine] (Polish), grup de control [neuter] (Romanian), grup de comparație [neuter] (Romanian), контро́льная гру́ппа (kontrólʹnaja grúppa) [feminine] (Russian), patrón de comparación [masculine] (Spanish), kontrollgrupp [common-gender] (Swedish), контро́льна гру́па (kontrólʹna hrúpa) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-control_group-en-noun-llcnXFSt Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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      "sense": "group of test subjects left untreated",
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      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "kontrólʹna hrúpa",
      "sense": "group of test subjects left untreated",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "контро́льна гру́па"
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