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placebo effect
[ pluh-see-boh ]
noun
- a reaction to a placebo manifested by a lessening of symptoms or the production of anticipated side effects.
placebo effect
noun
- med a positive therapeutic effect claimed by a patient after receiving a placebo believed by him to be an active drug See control group
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Word History and Origins
Origin of placebo effect1
First recorded in 1945–50
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Example Sentences
There is some scientific merit to some alternative modalities, such as the well-documented placebo effect.
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Nobody conceived of a thing like the placebo effect or researcher bias —none of these notions had been worked out yet.
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The second is the placebo effect, which will often cause anything presented as medication to “work.”
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“If this is all some twisted placebo effect, I don't give a damn,” Robertson says.
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The placebo effect has become increasingly interesting to psychological as well as medical researchers.
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