equipoise
pronunciation
How to pronounce equipoise in British English:
UK [ˈi:kwɪpɔɪz]
How to pronounce equipoise in American English:
US [ˈikwəˌpɔɪz, ˈɛkwə-]
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- Noun:
- equality of distribution
Word Origin
- equipoise (n.)
- "an equal distribution of weight," 1650s, a contraction of the phrase equal poise (1550s); see equal (adj.) + poise (n.).
Example
- 1. The concept of clinical equipoise was developed with the promise of easing the ethical tension between clinical care and research .
- 2. True yogis , from their seat of equipoise , see all this world as an equal manifestation of god 's creative energy-men , women , children , turnips , bedbugs , coral : it 's all god in disguise .
- 3. Over the past several years , however , clinical equipoise and other attempts to harmonize the ethics of clinical care and research have become less tenable , particularly in the context of placebo-controlled trials .
- 4. Given that some antidepressants are known to be efficacious , clinical equipoise cannot be used to justify such trials , since a physician could never defend prescribing a placebo for a patient outside of the trial .