Synonyms for placebo
pləˈsi boʊ for 1; plɑˈtʃeɪ boʊ for 2place·bo

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1. placebonoun

   Antonyms:
   nocebo

2. placebonoun

   Antonyms:
   nocebo

3. placebonoun

   Antonyms:
   nocebo

Princeton's WordNet

1. placebonoun

   an innocuous or inert medication; given as a pacifier or to the control group in experiments on the efficacy of a drug

2. placebonoun

   (Roman Catholic Church) vespers of the office for the dead

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1. • Roman Catholic Church
   • Medicine
   • Vesper

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1. List of paraphrases for "placebo":

   placebos, cream

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1. List of known nicknames for "Placebo":

   placeo

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1. placebo

   Synonyms:
   Sugar pill

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1. Steven Nissen:

   The placebo effect is very powerful, i can imagine how this plays out in the athletic world, where you're operating at the 99th percentile of human performance. Someone says, 'I can give you something that's going to make you a little bit better.' It's very tantalizing to try it.

2. Brandon A. Trean:

   The highest form of medicine is the simplest and most honest activation of the placebo effect via self-induction.

3. Christopher Plowe:

   Medical history has so many examples of treatments that people had good experiences with, and people got better, and they had great confidence in the treatment, and years later when a randomized trial was done, it turned out no better than placebo.

4. Arthur Caplan:

   Most people tend to think first and foremost of a placebo not evoking a biological response but a psychological response, if there is indeed a biological element and you can actually find a genetic basis for it, you would absolutely be causing a revolution in clinical trial design.

5. Jennifer Le:

   I vote no. Based on the currently available data I think I just need more efficacy and safety data, perhaps by with more subjects against placebo or other treatment strategies, before I can vote yes.