Placebo
01
プラセボ, プラセボ薬
a medicine without any physiological effect that is given to a control group in an experiment to measure the effectiveness of a new drug or to patients who think they need medicine when in reality they do not
例
In the clinical trial, half of the participants received the experimental drug while the other half received a placebo.
臨床試験では、参加者の半数が実験薬を受け取り、残りの半数がプラセボを受け取りました。
02
プラセボ, 死者のための聖務日課の晩の祈り
the evening prayer of the Office for the Dead in the Roman Catholic liturgy, named from the opening word of the first antiphon
例
The medieval primer opened at the placebo before the family began prayers for the deceased.
中世の時祷書は、家族が故人のための祈りを始める前に、プラセボで開かれた。
