| placebo | | |
| n. (artifact) | 1. placebo | an innocuous or inert medication; given as a pacifier or to the control group in experiments on the efficacy of a drug. |
| ~ active placebo | a placebo used in experimental tests of a drug that has noticeable side effects.; "an active placebo mimics the side effects of the experimental drug" |
| ~ medicament, medication, medicinal drug, medicine | (medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease. |
| n. (act) | 2. placebo | (Roman Catholic Church) vespers of the office for the dead. |
| ~ vesper | a late afternoon or evening worship service. |
| ~ church of rome, roman catholic church, roman church, western church, roman catholic | the Christian Church based in the Vatican and presided over by a pope and an episcopal hierarchy. |
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