BLINDED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does blinded mean? 

• BLINDED (adjective)
  The adjective BLINDED has 1 sense:

1. deprived of sight

  Familiarity information: BLINDED used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BLINDED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Deprived of sight

Similar:

blind; unsighted (unable to see)

 Context examples 

Yet that smoke which blinded me and made me cough and gasp must have a source.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

The world is blinded by his fortune and consequence, or frightened by his high and imposing manners, and sees him only as he chooses to be seen.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

A trial in which subjects and investigators know which product each subject is receiving; opposite of a blinded or double-blind study.

(Open label study, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

The others kept shaking me by both hands, and Dr. Van Helsing said:—Our dear Madam Mina is once more our teacher. Her eyes have been where we were blinded.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

Presence of questionable mild cytologic atypia; indicates need for simultaneous analysis of age matched controls — preferably in a blinded fashion.

(Non-physiological Diffuse Hyperplasia of the Mouse Prostate Gland, NCI Thesaurus/MMHCC)

To validate their findings, the scientists tested the 10-lipid panel in a blinded analysis.

(Study Points to Possible Blood Test For Memory Decline, Alzheimer’s, NIH)

A coded value specifying the roles of individuals who are masked for blinded studies.

(Blinded Role Code, NCI Thesaurus)

A period in a clinical study during which subjects receive blinded therapeutic treatment.

(Blinded Treatment Epoch, NCI Thesaurus)

The textual representation of the activity on a blinded participant or study subject (from the point of view of the study investigator).

(Blinded Description, NCI Thesaurus)

The opposite of a blinded study is an open label study.

(Blinded Clinical Study, NCI Dictionary)