preregistration

== English == === Etymology === From pre- + registration. === Noun === preregistration (countable and uncountable, plural preregistrations) An early registration, before the normal or traditional time, as with early online check-in at hotels. Registration (of a study design) before a clinical trial (or any other type of scientific experiment) begins, for methodologic and thus epistemologic rigor. === Adjective === preregistration (not comparable) Before registration. a preregistration check (In attributive position, as noun adjunct) Pertaining to preregistration (of scientific trials or other experiments). === Related terms === preregister