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placebo - Dictionary definition and meaning for placebo

PLACEBO

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

    The prayers of the placebo were not always welcome. -added by naila_inlas

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

    Five patients received the actual medicine and the rest of them received a placebo. -added by naila_inlas

WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.

Mnemonics for placebo

  • (Tag: ) split it like this PLACE-it takes the place of the actual substance..and BOgus..it doesnt do what the actual pill does.Thus PLACEBO is a bogus harmless pill which takes the place of the original.

    added by winder    editEdit Mnemonic

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