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NL888 Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

What does "constituted research" mean?

Context:

Much of the current controversy stems from the fact that some regulators have interpreted the surgeons' acts as unauthorized research on human subjects – an explosive issue in research settings.

In its response, UC Davis rebuts the notion that the surgeries were experimental or constituted research, writing that "all of these surgical cases were physician-driven efforts to prolong the patients' lives."

"The care was innovative and non-standard, not experimental," the university wrote.
  

Top answer

UC Davis rebuts the notion that the surgeries constituted research. constituted is a main verb, past tense. It means "were considered to be"

  • UC Davis rebuts the notion that the surgeries constituted research.
  • constituted is a main verb, past tense.
  • It means "were considered to be"
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UC Davis rebuts the notion that the surgeries constituted research.
constituted is a main verb, past tense. It means "were considered to be"
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considered to be research? So UC Davis denied that the surgery belongs to the realm of research? UC Davis thinks the surgery is legal?
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So UC Davis denied that the surgery belongs to the realm of research?
Yes. apparently so. According to them, the surgery was not experimental, nor was it research in nature.

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