placebo – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
placebo
n.
tablet that contains no medication but has medical effects due to purely psychological reasons
Placebo
A
placebo ( ;
Latin , "I shall please" from , "I please") is a simulated or otherwise medically ineffectual treatment for a disease or other medical condition intended to deceive the recipient. Sometimes patients given a placebo treatment will have a perceived or actual improvement in a medical condition, a phenomenon commonly called the
placebo effect or
placebo response. The placebo effect consists of several different effects woven together, and the methods of placebo administration may be as important as the administration itself.
placebo
Noun
1. an innocuous or inert medication; given as a pacifier or to the control group in experiments on the efficacy of a drug
(hypernym) medicine, medication, medicament, medicinal drug
(hyponym) active placebo
2. (Roman Catholic Church) vespers of the office for the dead
(hypernym) vesper
(classification) Roman Catholic, Western Church, Roman Catholic Church, Church of Rome, Roman Church
Placebo (das)
n.
placebo, tablet that contains no medication but has medical effects due to purely psychological reasons
placebo
nm.
placebo, tablet that contains no medication but has medical effects due to purely psychological reasons
