placebo |
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| 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 |
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