placebo
1. an innocuous or inert medication; given as a pacifier or to the control group in experiments on the efficacy of a drug • Hypernyms: medicine, medication, medicament, medicinal drug • Hyponyms: active placebo 2. (Roman Catholic Church) vespers of the office for the dead • Topics: Roman Catholic, Western Church, Roman Catholic Church, Church of Rome, Roman Church • Hypernyms: vesper
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