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- pronunciation:
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- features:
- Word Combinations (noun)
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noun |
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placeboes, placebos |
| definition 1: |
an inert substance given to a patient as if it were a drug in order to placate or to serve as a control in an experiment.
Many people in the study reported that they felt less pain even when they were taking only the placebo. |
| definition 2: |
in the Roman Catholic Church, vespers for the dead.
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