English Explanatory Dictionary

placebo

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A dummy medicine containing no active ingredients; an inert treatment.
  2. The vespers sung in the office for the dead.

Pronunciation

/pləˈsiː.bəʊ/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-I learned some phrases-placebo.wav /pləˈsi.boʊ/ /pləˈsiː.bəʉ/ /pləˈsiː.bɐʉ/

Word forms

placebo placebos placeboes

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English placebo, borrowed from Latin placēbō (“I will please”), the first-person singular future active indicative of placeō (“to please”).

Related words

drug nocebo

Derived words

antiplacebo nonplacebo placebic placebo button placebo-controlled placebo effect placebogenic placebolike placebology placebome
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