PLACEBO

Placebo

A placebo is a simulated or otherwise medically ineffectual treatment for a disease or other medical condition intended to deceive the recipient. Sometimes patients given a placebo treatment will have a perceived or actual improvement in a medical condition, a phenomenon commonly called the placebo effect.

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placebo

Noun

  1. The vespers sung in the office for the dead.
  2. A dummy medicine containing no active ingredients; an inert treatment.


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