placebo

pla·ce·bo  (pl-sb)

n. pl. pla·ce·bos or pla·ce·boes

1.

a. A substance containing no medication and prescribed or given to reinforce a patient's expectation to get well.

b. An inactive substance or preparation used as a control in an experiment or test to determine the effectiveness of a medicinal drug.

2. Something of no intrinsic remedial value that is used to appease or reassure another.

3. (plä-chb) Roman Catholic Church The service or office of vespers for the dead.

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[Middle English, from Late Latin placb, I shall please (the first word of the first antiphon of the service), first person sing. future tense of Latin placre, to please; see plk-¹ in Indo-European roots.]

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placebo [pləˈsiːbəʊ]

n pl -bos, -boes

1. (Medicine) Med an inactive substance or other sham form of therapy administered to a patient usually to compare its effects with those of a real drug or treatment, but sometimes for the psychological benefit to the patient through his believing he is receiving treatment See also control group, placebo effect

2. something said or done to please or humour another

3. (Christianity / Roman Catholic Church) RC Church a traditional name for the vespers of the office for the dead

[C13 (in the ecclesiastical sense): from Latin Placebo Domino I shall please the Lord (from the opening of the office for the dead); C19 (in the medical sense)]

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placebo  (pl-sb)

A substance containing no medication and prescribed to reinforce a patient's expectation of getting well or used as a control in a clinical research trial to determine the effectiveness of a potential new drug.

Thesaurus

Noun	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
	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

Translations

placebo [pləˈsiːbəʊ]

A. N (placebos or placeboes (pl)) → placebo m

B. CPD placebo effect N → efecto m placebo

placebo [pləˈsiːbəʊ] n → placebo m
placebo effect n → effet m placebo
place card n → marque-place m
place mat n → set m de table

placebo

n (Med) → Placebo nt

placebo [pləˈsiːbəʊ] n → placebo m inv

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placebo [pləˈsiːbəʊ] n → placebo m inv