English Explanatory Dictionary

placebo effect

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A phenomenon where a person's health improves after receiving a treatment that has no direct therapeutic mechanism.

Word forms

placebo effect placebo effects

Related words

nocebo effect
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