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Placebo
pləˈsiːbəʊ
Placebo definitions
noun
placebos
placebo
- a medicine or procedure prescribed for the psychological benefit to the patient rather than for any physiological effectmedication medicament remedy cure nostrum patent medicine quack remedy panacea cure-all placebo drug prescription dose treatment
- a substance that has no therapeutic effect, used as a control in testing new drugs
- a measure designed merely to humour or placate someone
"pacified by the placebos of the previous year, they claimed a moral victory"