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Dictionary definition of “drylabbing”

drylabbing

n. the faking of laboratory test results, especially when the test has not been conducted. Subjects: English, Science

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Citations: 1986 William H. Meyers New York Times (Dec. 7) “Miracle Merchant”: University doctors have been known to blackmail drug companies, demanding payoffs for favorable test results. Sometimes they don’t even conduct the tests they have been paid to perform—a process known in the trade as “dry labbing.” 1993 Ullica Segerstrale Contemporary Sociology (July) “Judging the Fudging” vol. 22, no. 4, p. 498: This, arguably, begs the question and therefore may be seen by some as defending such practices as “trimming” (moving extreme data points closer to th mean) and “cooking” (selecting the best data), and who knows what other practices, stopping short of total “drylabbing.” 2005 Ralph Blumenthal @ Houston, Tex. New York Times (July 1) “Officials Ignored Houston Lab’s Troubles, Report Finds”: For years, while rain from a leaky roof contaminated evidence in the Houston Police Crime Laboratory.…Officials even failed to take proper action when two laboratory analysts were cited for four instances of fabricating scientific evidence, or drylabbing.

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