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Definitions of placebo in various dictionaries:
noun - an innocuous or inert medication
noun - (Roman Catholic Church) vespers of the office for the dead
A substance containing no medication and prescribed or given to reinforce a patient’s expectation to get well.
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| From the Latin for "I shall please", it's a fake drug given in place of a real one |
| When testing new drugs, a control group is given this nonmedical substance made of sugar or a saline solution |
| I assure you, there's nothing wrong with you, but if you insist, I'll prescribe this inert preparation, Latin for "I shall please" |
| This type of drug has a psychological effect, not directly physiological, & a name from Latin meaning "I shall please" |
| The nocebo response, detrimental effects caused by the mind, is the opposite of this |
| In this "effect" people are given inert substances & seem to improve |
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| A medicine or procedure prescribed for the psychological benefit to the patient rather than for any physiological effect. |
| a medicine or procedure prescribed for the psychological benefit to the patient rather than for any physiological effect. |
| (Roman Catholic Church) vespers of the office for the dead |
| an innocuous or inert medication given as a pacifier or to the control group in experiments on the efficacy of a drug |
| a substance given to someone who is told that it is a particular medicine, either to make that person feel as if they are getting better or to compare the effect of the particular medicine when given to others: |
| something that is given to try to satisfy a person who has not been given the thing they really want: |
| a substance that is not medicine, but that is given to someone who is told that it is a medicine, used to test the effect of a drug or to please a patient |
| A substance containing no medication and prescribed or given to reinforce a patient's expectation to get well. |
| An inactive substance or preparation used as a control in an experiment or test to determine the effectiveness of a medicinal drug. |
| Something of no intrinsic remedial value that is used to appease or reassure another. |
| Placebo description |
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| A placebo ( pl-SEE-boh) is a substance or treatment of no intended therapeutic value. Common placebos include inert tablets (like sugar pills), inert injections (like saline), sham surgery, and other procedures.In drug testing and medical research, a placebo can be made to resemble an active medication or therapy so that it functions as a control; this is to prevent the recipient(s) and/or others from knowing (with their consent) whether a treatment is active or inactive, as expectations about efficacy can influence results. In a clinical trial any change in the placebo arm is known as the placebo response, and the difference between this and the result of no treatment is the placebo effect.A placebo may be given to a person in a clinical context in order to deceive the recipient into thinking that it is an active treatment. The use of placebos as treatment in clinical medicine is ethically problematic as it introduces deception and dishonesty into the doctorpatient relationship. Place |