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单词 placebo
释义

placebo

noun
/pləˈsiːbəʊ/
/pləˈsiːbəʊ/
(plural placebos)
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  1. a substance that has no physical effects, given to patients who do not need medicine but think that they do, or used when testing new drugs
    • the placebo effect (= the effect of taking a placebo and feeling better)
    • Half of the people taking part in the experiment were given a placebo.
    • The placebo effect means that any treatment will improve patients merely because they want to recover.
    Wordfinder
    • administer
    • capsule
    • dispense
    • dose
    • ill
    • inhaler
    • medicine
    • medication
    • pharmacy
    • placebo
    Topics Social issuesc1
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryPlacebo is used before these nouns:
    • effect
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    Word Originlate 18th cent.: from Latin, literally ‘I shall be acceptable or pleasing’, from placere ‘to please’.
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