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. Ken Lim:

   We are not aware of an increase in adverse outcomes among the 21 Canadian trial participants. We contacted the one Canadian woman who was currently in the trial, directing her to stop taking the drug or placebo. We will contact the 20 other Canadian women who have already participated in the trial.

2. 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.

3. John Tsai:

   We recognize the importance of answering the scientific question of whether hydroxychloroquine will be beneficial for patients with COVID-19 disease, we mobilized quickly to address this question in a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study.

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.