PLACEBO

placebo

(noun) (Roman Catholic Church) vespers of the office for the dead

placebo

(noun) an innocuous or inert medication; given as a pacifier or to the control group in experiments on the efficacy of a drug

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

placebo (plural placebos or placeboes)

(medicine) A dummy medicine containing no active ingredients; an inert treatment. [from 18th c.]

(Roman Catholicism) The vespers sung in the office for the dead. [from 13th c.]

Anagrams

• Obecalp

Source: Wiktionary

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Pla*ce"bo, n. Etym: [L., I shall please, fut. of placere to please.]

1. (R. C. Ch.)

Definition: The first antiphon of the vespers for the dead.

2. (Med.)

Definition: A prescription intended to humor or satisfy. To sing placebo, to agree with one in his opinion; to be complaisant to. Chaucer.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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