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control group

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

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.

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  • Bulgarian: контро́лна гру́па (kontrólna grúpa) — group of test subjects left untreated
  • Chinese Mandarin: 對照組 /对照组 — group of test subjects left untreated
  • Danish: kontrolgruppe — group of test subjects left untreated
  • Estonian: kontrollgrupp — group of test subjects left untreated
  • Finnish: vertailuryhmä — group of test subjects left untreated
  • French: groupe témoin — group of test subjects left untreated
  • Georgian: საკონტროლო ჯგუფი (saḳonṭrolo ǯgupi) — group of test subjects left untreated
  • German: Kontrollgruppe — group of test subjects left untreated
  • Hebrew: בִּקֹּרֶת — group of test subjects left untreated
  • Hebrew: ביקורת (biqóret) — group of test subjects left untreated
  • Japanese: 対照群 (taishōgun) — group of test subjects left untreated
  • Malay: kelompok kawalan — group of test subjects left untreated
  • Polish: grupa kontrolna — group of test subjects left untreated
  • Romanian: grup de control — group of test subjects left untreated
  • Romanian: grup de comparație — group of test subjects left untreated
  • Russian: контро́льная гру́ппа (kontrólʹnaja grúppa) — group of test subjects left untreated
  • Spanish: patrón de comparación — group of test subjects left untreated
  • Swedish: kontrollgrupp — group of test subjects left untreated
  • Ukrainian: контро́льна гру́па (kontrólʹna hrúpa) — group of test subjects left untreated