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informed consent


informed consent

noun

Definition of INFORMED CONSENT

: consent to surgery by a patient or to participation in a medical experiment by a subject after achieving an understanding of what is involved
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First Known Use of INFORMED CONSENT

circa 1957

Rhymes with INFORMED CONSENT

coincident, disorient, experiment, ferro-cement, glove compartment, inconsequent, misrepresent, nonresident, oxygen tent, privatdozent, rubber cement, self-confident, self-evident, sentence fragment, vice president

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