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noun

Placebo n.

(R. C. Ch.) The first antiphon of the vespers for the dead.

(Med.) A prescription with no pharmacological activity given to a patient to humor or satisfy the desire for medical treatment.

(Med.) 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.

To sing placebo, to agree with one in his opinion; to be complaisant to.

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Etymology of 'Placebo'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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Words linked to "Placebo" : Church of Rome, Roman Church, medicament, medication, Western Church, Roman Catholic, placebo effect, active placebo, vesper, medicinal drug, medicine, Roman Catholic Church