Table of Contents
1. placebo_effect
noun. any effect that seems to be a consequence of administering a placebo; the change is usually beneficial and is assumed result from the person's faith in the treatment or preconceptions about what the experimental drug was supposed to do; pharmacologists were the first to talk about placebo effects but now the idea has been generalized to many situations having nothing to do with drugs.
Antonyms
Synonyms
2. placebo
noun. ['pləˈsiːboʊ'] an innocuous or inert medication; given as a pacifier or to the control group in experiments on the efficacy of a drug.
Antonyms
Synonyms
Etymology
- placebo (English)
- placebo (Latin)
3. placebo
noun. ['pləˈsiːboʊ'] (Roman Catholic Church) vespers of the office for the dead.
Synonyms
Etymology
- placebo (English)
- placebo (Latin)
4. effect
noun. ['ɪˈfɛkt, ˈiːfɛkt, əˈfɛkt'] a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon.
Synonyms
7. effect
noun. ['ɪˈfɛkt, ˈiːfɛkt, əˈfɛkt'] an impression (especially one that is artificial or contrived).
Antonyms
Synonyms
9. effect
noun. ['ɪˈfɛkt, ˈiːfɛkt, əˈfɛkt'] the central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work.