placebo

Noun
  1. An innocuous or inert medication;
    Given as a pacifier or to the control group in experiments on the efficacy of a drug (synset 103958972)
    is a type of: medicament, medication, medicinal drug, medicine - (medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease
    subtypes: active placebo - a placebo used in experimental tests of a drug that has noticeable side effects
  2. (Roman Catholic Church) vespers of the office for the dead (synset 101036717)
    referred to in: church of rome, roman catholic, roman catholic church, roman church, western church - the Christian Church based in the Vatican and presided over by a pope and an episcopal hierarchy
    is a type of: vesper - a late afternoon or evening worship service

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