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
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
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