Placebo
01
placebo, placebomedicin
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
Exempel
Ethical guidelines require researchers to disclose the use of placebos to study participants.
Etiska riktlinjer kräver att forskare informerar studiedeltagarna om användningen av placebo.
02
placebo, kvällsbön för de dödas officium
the evening prayer of the Office for the Dead in the Roman Catholic liturgy, named from the opening word of the first antiphon
Exempel
She found comfort in attending the placebo said each evening during the novena for the departed.
Hon fann tröst i att delta i placebo som sades varje kväll under novenan för de avlidna.
