"megatrial" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: megatrials [plural]
Etymology: mega- + trial Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|mega|trial}} mega- + trial Head templates: {{en-noun}} megatrial (plural megatrials)
  1. (medicine) A very large trial (of a pharmaceutical etc), sometimes made up of several normal trials. Categories (topical): Medicine
    Sense id: en-megatrial-en-noun-gjL5FAeJ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with mega- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 72 28 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with mega-: 78 22 Topics: medicine, sciences
  2. A major or large-scale legal trial.
    Sense id: en-megatrial-en-noun-NSgy1g1x

Inflected forms

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