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megatrial

megatrial noun: a very large trial (of a pharmaceutical etc), sometimes made up of several normal trials.

Noun

megatrial (plural megatrials)

  1. A very large trial (of a pharmaceutical etc), sometimes made up of several normal trials.
  2. A major or large-scale legal trial.
    • The convictions that resulted from the Hells Angels megatrials in 2004 have shown just how valuable this legislation is.2009, Canada. Parliament. House of Commons, House of Commons Debates, numbers 43-53, page 2682

Forms of megatrial

pluralmegatrials

Origin of megatrial

From mega- + trial.

Questions about megatrial

What does megatrial mean?
Megatrial means a very large trial (of a pharmaceutical etc), sometimes made up of several normal trials.
What part of speech is megatrial?
Megatrial is a noun.
What is the plural of megatrial?
The plural of megatrial is megatrials.

Words near megatrial in the dictionary

  1. megatragedy
  2. megatransposon
  3. megatransposons
  4. megatrend
  5. megatrends
  6. megatrial
  7. megatrials
  8. megatrillion
  9. megatrillions
  10. megatron
  11. megatrons

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