English noun: placebo | |||
1. | placebo (artifact) an innocuous or inert medication; given as a pacifier or to the control group in experiments on the efficacy of a drug | ||
Broader (hypernym) | medicament, medication, medicinal drug, medicine | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | active placebo | ||
2. | placebo (act) (Roman Catholic Church) vespers of the office for the dead | ||
Broader (hypernym) | vesper | ||
Domain category | Church of Rome, Roman Catholic, Roman Catholic Church, Roman Church, Western Church | ||