Placebo

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A substance containing no medication and prescribed or given to reinforce a patient's expectation to get well.
  • n. An inactive substance or preparation used as a control in an experiment or test to determine the effectiveness of a medicinal drug.
  • n. Something of no intrinsic remedial value that is used to appease or reassure another.
  • n. Roman Catholic Church The service or office of vespers for the dead.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The first antiphon of the vespers for the dead.
  • n. A prescription with no pharmacological activity given to a patient to humor or satisfy the desire for medical treatment.
  • n. 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.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. In the Roman Catholic Church, the vespers of the office for the dead.
  • n. A medicine adapted rather to pacify than to benefit a patient.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. an innocuous or inert medication; given as a pacifier or to the control group in experiments on the efficacy of a drug
  • n. (Roman Catholic Church) vespers of the office for the dead
    • Antonym
    nocebo   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    vesper   
    Cross Reference
    to sing placebo   
    Variant
    placeboes   
    Form
    antiplacebo    placebic    nonplacebo    placebo effect   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    cyanocobalamin    rosiglitazone    glyburide    mg/day    antidepressant   
     
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