"self-experiment" meaning in English

See self-experiment in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: self-experiments [present, singular, third-person], self-experimenting [participle, present], self-experimented [participle, past], self-experimented [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} self-experiment (third-person singular simple present self-experiments, present participle self-experimenting, simple past and past participle self-experimented)
  1. (usually medical) To conduct an experiment on oneself. Derived forms: self-experimentation, self-experimental
    Sense id: en-self-experiment-en-verb-57oMuyug Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Medicine

Inflected forms

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        "(usually medical) To conduct an experiment on oneself."
      ]
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