informed consent

noun

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

Examples of informed consent in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

In practice, this often means a checkbox that parents click without reading pages of legal jargon, hardly the informed consent envisioned by lawmakers. —Cornelia C. Walther, Forbes.com, 4 July 2025

The couple is seeking damages, citing negligence, lack of informed consent and their son’s wrongful death. —Olivia Lloyd, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 June 2025

The solution isn't rejecting AI, but ensuring transparency, accountability, and genuine informed consent. —Vivian Toh, Forbes.com, 4 June 2025

Throughout the walkout, performers demanded a deal that would require video game producers to obtain informed consent before replicating their voices, likenesses or movements with AI. —Christi Carras, Los Angeles Times, 10 June 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1957, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for informed consent

• accent
• advent
• ascent
• assent
• augment
• cement
• dement
• descent
• detent
• dissent
• event
• extent

Medical Definition

informed consent

noun

in·​formed consent in-ˌfȯrmd- 

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

Legal Definition

informed consent

noun

: consent to medical treatment by a patient or to participation in a medical experiment by a subject after achieving an understanding of what is involved and especially of the risks