单词 | placebo |
释义 | placebo (pləsiːboʊ ) Word forms: placebos countable noun A placebo is a substance with no effects that a doctor gives to a patient instead of a drug. Placebos are used when testing new drugs or sometimes when a patient has imagined their illness. Doctors may issue placebos to save money. Collocations: placebo treatment Another group received placebo treatment from a sham clinician who declined to engage in small talk. Times, Sunday Times It also showed a mean maintenance of remission from 38 to 54 weeks compared with 21 weeks for patients who received placebo treatment. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 More recent studies have shown similar degrees of somnolence (approx. 2%) compared with placebo treatment. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 These type of definition suggest the view that when given a placebo treatment, one may merely feel better while not being really better. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Sometimes patients given a placebo treatment will have a perceived or actual improvement in a medical condition, a phenomenon commonly called the placebo effect. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Translations: Chinese: 安慰剂 Japanese: プラシーボ |
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