placebo

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Noun 1.2.1 Antonyms 1.2.2 Derived terms 1.2.3 Translations 2 French 2.1 Noun 3 Italian 3.1 Etymology 3.2 Noun 3.2.1 Derived terms 4 Latin 4.1 Verb 5 Spanish 5.1 Noun

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Latin placere (“‘to please’”).

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placebo (plural placebos or placeboes)

1. (pharmacology) A dummy medicine containing no active ingredients; an inert treatment.
2. Anything of no real benefit which nevertheless makes people feel better.

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• nocebo

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• placebo effect

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placebo m. (plural placebos)

1. placebo

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Latin

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placebo m. inv.

1. (pharmacology, figuratively) placebo

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• effetto placebo

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placēbō

1. first-person singular future active indicative of placeō.

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placebo m. (plural placebos)

1. placebo