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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 categoryChurch of Rome, Roman Catholic, Roman Catholic Church, Roman Church, Western Church









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