Placebo

  • 101Placebo — Pla cebon wirkungsloseMaßnahme.AusdemLat(ichwerdegefallen)übernommeneApothekerbezeichnungfüreinwirkungslosesPräparat.1970ff …

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  • 102placebo — pla|ce|bo [ plə sibou ] noun count a substance that is not medicine but that a patient who is taking it believes is medicine, so they get better a. a substance that is not a medicine, used as a standard of comparison in testing the effectiveness… …

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  • 103placebo — n ndm med. «środek, specyfik nie mający wartości farmakologicznej, obojętny dla organizmu, podawany pacjentom w celach psychoterapeutycznych, stosowany także w badaniach kontrolnych nad działaniem różnych leków» ‹z łac.› …

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  • 104placebo — pla·ce·bo || plÉ™ sɪːbəʊ n. tablet that contains no medication but has medical effects due to purely psychological reasons …

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  • 105placebo — [plə si:bəʊ] noun (plural placebos) 1》 a medicine or regime prescribed for the psychological benefit to the patient rather than for any physiological effect.     ↘a substance that has no therapeutic effect, used as a control in testing new drugs …

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  • 106placebo — pla·ce·bo …

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  • 107placebo — [pləˈsiːbəʊ] noun [C] a substance that a doctor pretends is medicine and gives to a patient, either as part of an experiment or in order to help the patient without drugs …

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  • 108placebo — /pləˈsiboʊ / (say pluh seeboh) noun (plural placebos or placeboes) 1. Medicine a medicine which performs no physiological function but may benefit the patient psychologically. 2. Roman Catholic Church the vespers of the office for the dead, so… …

  • 109placebo —   n. I will please ; n. something given to please or quiet, especially dummy medicine, which may help to cure by allaying anxiety; dummy medicine given to    controls in medical experiment; Roman Catholic, Vespers for dead; …

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  • 110placebo — s ( n) MED läkemedel utan verksamma beståndsdelar …

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