What does placebo mean?

n. A pill or treatment that has no effect, used in medical trials to compare with the real treatment.

placebo

🇺🇸 /pləˈsiːbəʊ/ 🇬🇧 /pləˈsiːbəʊ/

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noun

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.

A pill or treatment that has no effect, used in medical trials to compare with the real treatment.

Plural placeboes