Timeline for Meaning of "to read out" in the clinical trial context - where did this usage originate, and am I right about its meaning?
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| Nov 1, 2021 at 17:09 | comment | added | Lambie | American clinical trial lingo is very distressing at times. Why can't they just use will be made public? | |
| Nov 1, 2021 at 16:50 | answer | added | Ula28 | timeline score: 0 | |
| Apr 11, 2020 at 9:07 | vote | accept | CowperKettle | ||
| Apr 1, 2020 at 12:00 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackEnglish/status/1245320148183126016 | ||
| Mar 31, 2020 at 14:37 | answer | added | user28567 | timeline score: 5 | |
| Mar 31, 2020 at 14:14 | comment | added | user379412 | merriam-webster.com/dictionary/readout I couldn't find the origin described anywhere, but originally computers didn't have monitors, and instead had data printed out, thus the printed material became a 'readout' because a person had to 'read' the 'output' | |
| Mar 31, 2020 at 3:54 | comment | added | Elliot | I have never heard it but from the context it's clear that the results for the drug's study will be made public; as if to be read out loud. | |
| Mar 31, 2020 at 3:29 | history | asked | CowperKettle | CC BY-SA 4.0 |