Definition of Placebo

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

Specialized synonyms: Active Placebo
Generic synonyms: Medicament, Medication, Medicinal Drug, Medicine

2. Noun. (Roman Catholic Church) vespers of the office for the dead.

Definition of Placebo

1. n. The first antiphon of the vespers for the dead.

Definition of Placebo

1. Noun. (pharmacology) A dummy medicine containing no active ingredients; an inert treatment. ¹

2. Noun. (by extension) Anything of no real benefit which nevertheless makes people feel better. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Placebo

1. a substance containing no medication that is given for its psychological effect [n -BOS or -BOES]

Medical Definition of Placebo

1. Any dummy medical treatment, originally, a medicinal preparation having no specific pharmacological activity against the patients illness or complaint given solely for the psychophysiological effects of the treatment, more recently, a dummy treatment administered to the control group in a controlled clinical trial in order that the specific and non-specific effects of the experimental treatment can be distinguished i.e., the experimental treatment must produce better results than the placebo in order to be considered effective. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Placebo

place of business
place of decimals
place of origin
place of worship
place on a pedestal
place one's cards on the table
place setting
place theory
place upright
place word
placeable
placeables
placebic
placeblog
placeblogs
placebo (current term)
placebo effect
placebo effects
placeboes
placebolike
placebos
placed
placeful
placegetter
placegetters
placeholder
placeholders
placekick
placekicked
placekicker

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