Meaning & use
unblinded
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Having had the blinding removed from a clinical trial or study, so participants and/or researchers now know which treatment was given.
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The trial was unblinded early after safety concerns arose.
Researchers unblinded the data only after all measurements were recorded.
A note on using this word
Common in clinical research; contrasts with 'double-blind' studies where neither participants nor researchers know the treatment assignment.
Words with a similar meaning
open-labelde-blinded
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Words with an opposite meaning
blindedblind
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