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Placebo logo #10101) British musical trio 2) Clinical research 3) Clinical trial offering 4) Clinical-trial need 5) Control 6) Control group handout 7) Control in a clinical study 8) Control substance 9) Control-group dose 10) Control-group handout 11) Drug-free pill 12) Dummy pill 13) Fake med 14) Fake medication 15) Fake medicine
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Placebo logo #10101) Counterfeitpill 2) Pill 3) Sop
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Placebo logo #21002• (n.) A prescription intended to humor or satisfy. • (n.) The first antiphon of the vespers for the dead.
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placebo logo #21005(L. 'I will please') any dummy medical treatment; originally, a medicinal preparation having no specific pharmacological activity against the patient's illness or complaint given solely for the psychophysiological effects of the treatment; more recently, a dummy treatment administered to the control group in a controlled clinical trial in order t.....
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Placebo logo #21630a pill, topical, or injection made to appear exactly like a test medication, but without any of its active ingredients.
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placebo logo #21003(from the article `pain`) ...pain that is thought to result from psychological causes alone. These medications reduce anxiety and alter the perception of the pain. Pain seems ...
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Placebo logo #20890 A placebo is an inert substance or dosage form which is identical in appearance, flavor and odour to the active substance or dosage form. It is used as a negative control in a bioassay or in a clinical study.
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Placebo logo #20140A placebo is an inactive treatment or procedure. It literally means 'I do nothing'. The 'placebo effect' (usually a positive or beneficial response) is attributable to the patient's expectation that the treatment will have an effect.
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Placebo logo #20429A non-active treatment applied as a control in a study where psychological factors could affect the outcome. This allows the observation and quantification of any procedural effects involved in the trial that have nothing to do with any administered treatment. See also Placebo effect.
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Placebo logo #20541A placebo is a medicine, tablet or treatment that has no active ingredient, typically given to a control group in a trial of a drug, so each patient does not know what he or she is receiving.
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placebo logo #20973<pharmacology> Any dummy medical treatment, originally, a medicinal preparation having no specific pharmacological activity against the patients illness or complaint given solely for the psychophysiological effects of the treatment, more recently, a dummy treatment administered to the control group in a controlled clinical trial in order that...
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placebo logo #21001(plә-se´bo) a supposedly inert substance such as a sugar pill or injection of sterile water, given under the guise of effective treatment. See also placebo effect. Placebos are sometimes used in controlled clinical trials of new drugs; while some patients selected at random are given the new drug, others are given...
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Placebo logo #21512A pill, topical, or injection made to appear exactly like a medication, but without any of its active ingredients. Often used in double-blinded clinical trials so that researchers can eliminate the so-called placebo effect from the true effects of the drug being tested.
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Placebo logo #22410A 'sugar pill' or any dummy medication or treatment.
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Placebo logo #20972Pla·ce'bo noun [ Latin , I shall please, fut. of placere to please.] 1. (R. C. Ch.) The first antiphon of the vespers for the dead. 2. (Medicine) A prescription intended to humor or satisfy. To sing placebo , to agree with one in his opinion; to...
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Placebo logo #20877A placebo is a treatment that has no physical effect on a person and is usually used in clinical trials to test the effects of new medicines and drugs
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Placebo logo #24150A pharmacologically inactive agent given to a patient as a substitute for an active agent and where the patient is not informed whether he is receiving the active or inactive agent.
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Placebo logo #22757A pill, topical cream, or injection made to appear exactly like a test medication, but without any of its active ingredients.
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placebo logo #23221an inactive substance administered to some study participants while others receive the agent under evaluation, to provide a basis for comparison of effects.
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Placebo logo #23721A substance or treatment that has no effect on human beings.
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Placebo logo #23734 A substance or treatment that has no effect on human beings.
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Placebo logo #20875a chemically inactive substance given in place of a drug to test how much of a drug's effectiveness can be attributed to a patient's expectations that the drug will have a positive effect
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placebo logo #20974 noun (Roman Catholic Church) vespers of the office for the dead
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Placebo logo #23246An inactive material in the same form as an active drug; for example, a sugar pill (See double-blind, placebo-controlled study).
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placebo logo #23665 an innocuous or inert medication
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