n 1  :  an official account of a proceeding : esp  :  the notes or records relating to a case, an experiment, or an autopsy <a search of necropsy s was made … for patients who died with major disease of the central nervous system -Jour. Amer. Med. Assoc.>   2  :  a detailed plan of a scientific or medical experiment or treatment <both patient consent and approval of the by the hospital's human studies committee are required before implementing any research on human subjects>  .
 
    
 
Similar sounding terms:  par·ti·cle  periodic law 
 
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