Defenition of the word placebo

• Defenition of the word placebo

  • A preparation which is pharmacologically inert but which may have a medical effect based solely on the power of suggestion.
  • 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
  • (Roman Catholic Church) vespers of the office for the dead

Synonyms for the word placebo

• • excuse
  • gesture
  • panacea
  • sop

Similar words in the placebo

• • placebo
  • placebo's
  • placebos

Hyponyms for the word placebo

• • active placebo

Hypernyms for the word placebo

• • medicament
  • medication
  • medicinal drug
  • medicine
  • vesper
  • vespers

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