placebo
Aussprache: [pləˈsiːboʊ]
Wort
Kontext: „medicine“
(noun) a fake treatment that looks like real medicine but doesn't have any real effect. Doctors sometimes use placebos to see if a patient is really feeling better or if it's just in their mind.
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The doctor gave her a placebo, and she felt like she was improving.
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He was disappointed to find out that the pill he took was just a placebo with no real medicine in it.
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What happens when someone receives a placebo instead of actual treatment?
Kontext: „psychology“
(noun) the idea that just believing you are taking medicine can make you feel better. Sometimes our minds are powerful enough to help us feel better, even with a placebo.
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The study showed that the placebo effect helped many people feel less pain.
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She realized that her relief from headaches was not because of the placebo but because she had taken a real painkiller.
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How does the placebo effect work in different people?
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