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The tendency of any medication or treatment, even an inert or ineffective one, to exhibit results simply because the recipient believes that it will work.See Also: placebo
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Placebo effect — Pla*ce bo ef*fect , n. (Med.) a reaction by a patient who receives a placebo[2], in which the symptoms of illness are lessened or an anticipated effect is experienced. Because the placebo[2] itself has no pharmacological activity, this reaction… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
placebo effect — placebo effects N COUNT: usu the N in sing The placebo effect is the fact that some patients health improves after taking what they believe is an effective drug but which is in fact only a placebo. The placebo effect can be understood only if we… … English dictionary
placebo effect — n. an improvement in a person s medical condition regarded as the effect of the person s belief in the effectiveness of the treatment used … English World dictionary
Placebo Effect — Allgemeine Informationen Genre(s) Dark Electro Gründung März 1989 Auflösung April 1999 Website … Deutsch Wikipedia
placebo effect — n improvement in the condition of a patient that occurs in response to treatment but cannot be considered due to the specific treatment used * * * the sum total of all nonspecific effects, both good and adverse, of medical treatment, primarily… … Medical dictionary
placebo effect — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms placebo effect : singular placebo effect plural placebo effects medical improvement in an ill person s condition when they have been given a placebo instead of real medicine … English dictionary
Placebo effect (disambiguation) — Placebo effect may refer to: * Placebo effect, the tendency of any medication or treatment, even an inert or ineffective one, to exhibit results simply because the recipient believes that it will work * Placebo Effect (Doctor Who), an original… … Wikipedia
Placebo Effect (band) — Placebo Effect was a German dark electro band.The band was formed in the late 1980s by Axel Machens, Christoph Kunze, and Achim Windel. They have an early electro industrial sound which has been credited as the inspiration of several other… … Wikipedia
Placebo Effect (Doctor Who) — Doctorwhobook title=Placebo Effect series=Eighth Doctor Adventures number= 13 featuring=Eighth Doctor Sam, Stacy, Ssard writer=Gary Russell publisher=BBC Books isbn=ISBN 0 563 40587 2 pages= date=July 1998 preceding=Seeing I following=Vanderdeken … Wikipedia
placebo effect — noun any effect that seems to be a consequence of administering a placebo; the change is usually beneficial and is assumed result from the person s faith in the treatment or preconceptions about what the experimental drug was supposed to do;… … Useful english dictionary
placebo effect — noun a beneficial effect produced by a placebo drug or treatment, due to the patient s belief in that treatment … English new terms dictionary
