placebo
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/pləˈsiːbəʊ/
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/pləˈsiːbəʊ/
A pill or treatment that has no effect, used in medical trials to compare with the real treatment.
The researchers gave the volunteers a placebo to test if the new drug was more effective.
研究人員給志願者服用安慰劑,以測試新藥是否更有效。