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noun

Placebo n.

(R. C. Ch.) The first antiphon of the vespers for the dead.

(Med.) A prescription with no pharmacological activity given to a patient to humor or satisfy the desire for medical treatment.

(Med.) A dose of a compound having no pharmacological activity given to a subject in a medical experiment as part of a control experiment in a test of the effectiveness of another, active pharmacological agent.

To sing placebo, to agree with one in his opinion; to be complaisant to.

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Etymology of 'Placebo'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Placebo" Quotes from Famous Books

... made between him and Sir John Forber, viz., that the said Robert would write one Psalter with the Kalender for the work of the said Sir John for 5 s. and 6 d.; and in the same Psalter, in the same character, a Placebo and a Dirige, with a Hymnal and Collectary, for 4 s. and 3 d. And the said Robert will illuminate ('luminabet') all the Psalms with great gilded letters laid in with colours; and all the large letters ...

— Forty Centuries of Ink • David N. Carvalho

Words linked to "Placebo" : medicament, medication, Roman Catholic, medicine, Roman Catholic Church, vesper, Roman Church