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Complete Definition of "placebo effect"

English
wikipedia|placebo|placebo effect

Noun
en-noun|sg=placebo effect

  1. pharmacology The tendency of any medication or treatment, even an inert or ineffective one, to exhibit results simply because the recipient believes that it will work.

Translations
trans-top|tendency for a substance to exhibit results due to belief of the recipient
Finnish: lumevaikutus, plasebovaikutus
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Related terms
placebo

ru:placebo effect

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