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Placebo

Placebo Meaning & Definition
Placebo Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Placebo?

[n] Roman Catholic Church: vespers of the office for the dead
[n] an innocuous or inert medication; given as a pacifier or to the control group in experiments on the efficacy of a drug

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See Also | active placebo | medicament | medication | medicinal drug | medicine | vesper

Placebo In Webster's Dictionary

\Pla*ce"bo\, n. [L., I shall please, fut. of placere to please.] 1. (R. C. Ch.) The first antiphon of the vespers for the dead. 2. (Med.) A prescription intended to humor or satisfy. {To sing placebo}, to agree with one in his opinion; to be complaisant to. --Chaucer.

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