Antonyms for placebo
pləˈsi boʊ for 1; plɑˈtʃeɪ boʊ for 2place·bo

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1. placebonoun

   Antonyms:
   nocebo

2. placebonoun

   Antonyms:
   nocebo

3. placebonoun

   Antonyms:
   nocebo

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1. • Roman Catholic Church
   • Medicine
   • Vesper

Princeton's WordNet

1. placebonoun

   an innocuous or inert medication; given as a pacifier or to the control group in experiments on the efficacy of a drug

2. placebonoun

   (Roman Catholic Church) vespers of the office for the dead

Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MDRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. placebo

   Synonyms:
   Sugar pill

How to use placebo in a sentence?

1. Giulio Romeo:

   The difference between the groups of patients was significant, blood glucose levels of people on cinnamon would not go as high as the participants on placebo after meals and also would return to baseline much faster.

2. John Tsai:

   We recognize the importance of answering the scientific question of whether hydroxychloroquine will be beneficial for patients with COVID-19 disease, we mobilized quickly to address this question in a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study.

3. Mean Girls:

   Yeah. I’m on Lexapro, and I’ll never get off of it. I’ve been on it since I was 19, so 11 years. I’m on the lowest dose, i don’t see the point of getting off of it. Whether it’s placebo or not, I don’t want to risk it. And what are you fighting against? Just the stigma of using a tool?

4. Steven Nissen:

   The placebo effect is very powerful, i can imagine how this plays out in the athletic world, where you're operating at the 99th percentile of human performance. Someone says, 'I can give you something that's going to make you a little bit better.' It's very tantalizing to try it.

5. The FDA:

   The main outcome measured in the trial was whether a patient was hospitalized for any COVID-19 related reason or died from any reason within 28 days of treatment. Overall, two of 279 patients who received Veklury (0.7%) required COVID-19 related hospitalization compared to 15 of 283 patients who received a placebo (5.3%). There were no deaths in either group.

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