| 单词 | placebo effect |
| 释义 | > as lemmasplacebo effect placebo effect n. the beneficial (or occasionally adverse) effect on health produced by a placebo that cannot be attributed to the properties of the placebo; (also) an instance of this. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > treatment by medicine or drug > [noun] > effects of medicines or drugs side effect1868 placebo effect1902 tachyphylaxis1911 side action1933 nocebo effect1961 1902 Sanitarian 49 503 Formic acid is not known to have any value as a virus antidote, and there may have been a mere placebo effect about the procedure which the traveler Burton witnessed on the Albert Nyanza, where a victim of serpent bites was dosed with a decoction of boiled ants. 1950 Jrnl. Clin. Investig. 29 108/2 Not only the frequency but also the magnitude of ‘placebo effects’ is impressive and deserves attention. 1991 G. Greer Change i. 17 In properly designed double-blind cross-over trials, the placebo effect is so great as to weaken or even to invalidate the claims made for the medication of choice. < as lemmas |
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