Placebo
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# A dummy [[medicine]] containing no active ingredients; an [[inert]] treatment. | # A dummy [[medicine]] containing no active ingredients; an [[inert]] treatment. | ||
# Anything of no real benefit which nevertheless makes people feel better. | # Anything of no real benefit which nevertheless makes people feel better. | ||
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- | ====Related terms==== | + | From Latin ''placēbō'' (“I will [[please]]”), the first-person singular future active indicative of ''placeō'' (“I please”). |
+ | ==Related terms== | ||
*[[nocebo]] | *[[nocebo]] | ||
*[[placebo effect]] | *[[placebo effect]] | ||
{{GFDL}} | {{GFDL}} |
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- A dummy medicine containing no active ingredients; an inert treatment.
- Anything of no real benefit which nevertheless makes people feel better.
Etymology
From Latin placēbō (“I will please”), the first-person singular future active indicative of placeō (“I please”).
Related terms
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