Psychology
placebo
noun
Definition
A substance with no therapeutic effect used as a control in testing new drugs.
In a sentence
“Participants in the control group received a placebo rather than the active drug.”
Synonyms
dummy druginactive treatment
Common collocations
- placebo effect
- placebo-controlled trial
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