Synonyms and antonyms of Scientific research and relating to scientific research in British Thesaurus

adjustment (noun)

science 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.

anatomise ()

a British spelling of anatomize

anatomize (verb)

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

animal rights (noun)

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

biopiracy (noun)

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

chromatography (noun)

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

control (noun)

science 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

detect (verb)

to prove that something is present using scientific methods

detection (noun)

the process of detecting someone or something

dissect (verb)

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

double-blind (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.

empirical (adjective)

based on real experience or scientific experiments rather than on theory

experiment (noun)

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

experiment (verb)

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

experimental (adjective)

relating to, based on, or used in scientific experiments

false positive/negative ()

an incorrect result of a scientific test

guinea pig (noun)

someone who is used in an experiment

in the field ()

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

in vitro (adjective)

done or produced in a laboratory

lab (noun)

informal a laboratory

lab (noun)

informal working in, used in, or done in a laboratory

laboratory (noun)

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

laboratory (noun)

working in, used in, or done in a laboratory

placebo (noun)

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

profiling (noun)

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

protocol (noun)

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

proving ground (noun)

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

remote sensing (noun)

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

sample (noun)

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

section (noun)

science a thin piece cut from an animal or plant and examined

section (verb)

science to cut pieces from an animal or plant for scientific examination

specimen (noun)

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

subject (noun)

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

vivisection (noun)

the activity of performing operations on living animals for scientific experiments

X-ray (verb)

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