LookItUpplacebo
Meaning in simple English, pronunciation and examples
Pronunciation: US /pləˈsiːboʊ/ · UK /pləˈsiːbəʊ/
placebo means: A treatment with no active medicine, often used to compare results when testing a real medicine.
noun
A treatment with no active medicine, often used to compare results when testing a real medicine.
- Some patients received a placebo.
- The real drug worked better than the placebo.
- Could the improvement be due to the placebo effect?
Questions about placebo
What does placebo mean?
A treatment with no active medicine, often used to compare results when testing a real medicine.
What is placebo in other languages?
Türkçe: plasebo · Español: placebo · Français: placebo · Deutsch: Placebo · Italiano: placebo · 日本語: プラセボ
How do you pronounce placebo?
In American English /pləˈsiːboʊ/; in British English /pləˈsiːbəʊ/.
How do you use placebo in a sentence?
Some patients received a placebo. The real drug worked better than the placebo.
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