PHASE II CLINICAL TRIAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does phase II clinical trial mean? 

• PHASE II CLINICAL TRIAL (noun)
  The noun PHASE II CLINICAL TRIAL has 1 sense:

1. a clinical trial on more persons than in phase I; intended to evaluate the efficacy of a treatment for the condition it is intended to treat; possible side effects are monitored

  Familiarity information: PHASE II CLINICAL TRIAL used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PHASE II CLINICAL TRIAL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A clinical trial on more persons than in phase I; intended to evaluate the efficacy of a treatment for the condition it is intended to treat; possible side effects are monitored

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

phase II; phase II clinical trial

Hypernyms ("phase II clinical trial" is a kind of...):

clinical test; clinical trial (a rigorously controlled test of a new drug or a new invasive medical device on human subjects; in the United States it is conducted under the direction of the FDA before being made available for general clinical use)