placebo
noun/pləˈsiboʊ/
Frequency rank: #7,867 most common English word
Meaning
A substance with no therapeutic effect given to a patient who believes it is real medicine.
Example sentence
The patients who received placebo reported feeling much better, even though it contained no active medicine.
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