Medical Term:
experiment
Pronunciation: eks-per′i-ment
Definition:
- A study in which the investigator intentionally alters one or more factors under controlled conditions to study the effects of doing so.
- In nuclear magnetic resonance, the term applied to a pulse sequence.
[L. experimentum, fr. experior, to test, try]
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