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placebo
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[pləˈsiːbəʊ], (Noun)
Definitions:
- a medicine or procedure prescribed for the psychological benefit to the patient rather than for any physiological effect
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Origin
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late 18th century: from Latin, literally ‘I shall be acceptable or pleasing’, from placere ‘to please’
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