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

Matched Categories

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

Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MDRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. placebo

   Synonyms:
   Sugar pill

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1. Waljit Dhillo:

   As a group, the men had a 56% higher sexual response to sexual images after the kisspeptin than the placebo, and we found no side effects at the very, very small dose that we are using.

2. Andy Carr:

   It is difficult to support or justify a procedure with the potential for serious harm, even if it is rare, when that procedure offers patients no more benefit than placebo.

3. Dan Larhammer:

   The most important risk is that people and patients rely on unproven methods and refrain from using evidence-based methods, patients lose time and money by relying on useless methods that can, at best, provide placebo response which is usually transient. Some alternative medicine methods, including TCM, involve side effects, especially herbal extracts.

4. The FDA:

   In Trial AA-1, 22% of the 184 patients who received 2 milligrams of Olumiant and 35% of the 281 patients who received 4 milligrams of Olumiant achieved adequate scalp hair coverage, compared to 5% of the 189 patients who received a placebo. In Trial AA-2, 17% of the 156 patients who received 2 milligrams of Olumiant and 32% of the 234 patients who received 4 milligrams of Olumiant achieved adequate scalp hair coverage, compared to 3% of the 156 patients who received a placebo.

5. Sarah Steele:

   Potential buyers should be made aware that no scientific study evidences that direct adult consumption of human milk for medicinal properties offers anything more than a placebo effect.