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What does single-blind mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word single-blind? Here's what it means.

Adjective
  1. Describing an experiment (usually medical) in which the identity of those repeating different treatments is kept secret from the subjects, but not the administrators, until the outcome of the experiment is known.
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If a double-blind trial is not feasible, then the single-blind option should be considered.
Forty consecutive subjects with lipid profile abnormalities were enrolled in a single-blind, placebo-controlled crossover study.
Forearmed with a knowledge both of phrenology and the tricks of con artists, he performed a simple single-blind reliability test.
An initial period of placebo treatment, generally prescribed under single-blind conditions, is often used before undertaking a therapeutic trial.
The study was a single-blind taste test of azithromycin, cefprozil, cefixime and amoxicillin-clavulanic acid.
This study followed a retrospective, longitudinal, single-blind design.

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