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: relating to or being a control organism or group that is subjected to stimuli at the same time or on the same schedule as the subject of an experiment

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“Yoked.” Merriam-Webster.com Medical Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/medical/yoked. Accessed 5 Dec. 2025.

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