Placebo

What do we mean by placebo?

A substance that has positive effects as a result of a patient's perception that it is beneficial rather than as a result of a causative ingredient. noun

An inactive substance or preparation used as a control in an experiment or test to determine the effectiveness of a medicinal drug. noun

Something of no intrinsic remedial value that is used to appease or reassure another. noun

The service or office of vespers for the dead. noun

In the Roman Catholic Church, the vespers of the office for the dead. noun

A medicine adapted rather to pacify than to benefit a patient. noun

The first antiphon of the vespers for the dead. noun

A prescription with no pharmacological activity given to a patient to humor or satisfy the desire for medical treatment. noun

A dose of a compound having no pharmacological activity given to a subject in a medical experiment as part of a control experiment in a test of the effectiveness of another, active pharmacological agent. noun

To agree with one in his opinion; to be complaisant to. noun

An innocuous or inert medication; given as a pacifier or to the control group in experiments on the efficacy of a drug noun

(Roman Catholic Church) vespers of the office for the dead noun

A dummy medicine containing no active ingredients; an inert treatment.

The vespers sung in the office for the dead.

Words that are spelled similarly to placebo:
placebo.

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Words that rhyme with placebo:
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Adjectives that are often used to describe placebo:
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Words that sound like placebo:
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