Meaning of 被験 in Japanese

Words related to 被験

ひけんしゃ(hikensha) 【被験者 ·被検者】

(n) subject (of a medical experiment, etc.); test subject; trial subject; testee
その実験の結果をコントロールするのは被験者の態度である。
It is the attitude of the subjects that controls the outcome of the experiment.
examinee (of a full-body scan, etc.)

ひけんやく(hikenyaku) 【被験薬】

被験者ひけんしゃは無作為むさくいに抽出ちゅうしゅつされた。

The people for the experiment were chosen at random.

実験じっけん用ようの被験者ひけんしゃは無作為に選ばれた。

The subjects for the experiment were chosen at random.

The main reason is that the subjects were totally unaware of the possibility of shortcuts.