placebo | ||
1. | [ noun ] (medicine,pharmacology) an innocuous or inert medication; given as a pacifier or to the control group in experiments on the efficacy of a drug | |
Related terms: | medicine active_placebo | |
2. | [ noun ] (Roman Catholic,religion,Christianity) Roman Catholic Church: vespers of the office for the dead | |
Related terms: | vesper vespers Roman_Catholic | |
Similar spelling: |
placeable place_bet placable |