noun

the way in which you focus a microscope. Fine adjustment gives you a focus that shows a lot of detail very clearly , and coarse adjustment gives you a focus that does not show so much detail clearly.

a British spelling of anatomize

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to cut up the body of an animal or plant in order to examine it

noun

a belief that animals should be treated well by people and not killed or used for scientific experiments

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the practice of using plant or animal genes for scientific research without having the legal right to do this

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a method of finding out which different gases or liquids are included in a mixture by passing it through or over substances that absorb the different parts at different rates

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a group of people or things that is compared with the people or things being used in a scientific test in order to show whether the test has an effect or not

verb

to prove that something is present using scientific methods

noun

the process of detecting someone or something

verb

to cut the body of a dead person or animal into parts in order to examine them

adjective

a double-blind test involves two groups of people, only one of which is really being tested. None of the people in the two groups and none of the scientists performing the test knows which people belong to each group.

adjective

based on real experience or scientific experiments rather than on theory

noun

a scientific test to find out what happens to someone or something in particular conditions

verb

to perform scientific tests in order to find out what happens to someone or something in particular conditions

adjective

relating to, based on, or used in scientific experiments

noun

someone who is used in an experiment

adjective

done or produced in a laboratory

noun

a laboratory

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working in, used in, or done in a laboratory

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a building or large room where people do scientific and medical experiments or research

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working in, used in, or done in a laboratory

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a substance that is not a medicine, used as a standard of comparison in testing the effectiveness of a new medicine

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the process of collecting and examining information about someone or something in order to get an accurate idea of what they are like

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a set of rules for the correct way to provide a medical treatment or do a scientific experiment

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a place for doing scientific tests, especially tests of military weapons and equipment

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the collection of information by watching or filming something from space or from a plane

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a small amount of a substance that is used for scientific or medical tests

noun

a thin piece cut from an animal or plant and examined

verb

to cut pieces from an animal or plant for scientific examination

noun

a small amount of blood, urine, or another liquid taken from your body so that it can be examined

noun

a person or animal that is used in a medical or scientific test

noun

the activity of performing operations on living animals for scientific experiments

verb

to take a picture of the inside of something using X-rays

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an incorrect result of a scientific test

in conditions that you find in the real world, not in a laboratory or classroom