Synonyms for placebo
pləˈsi boʊ for 1; plɑˈtʃeɪ boʊ for 2place·bo

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1. placebonoun

   Antonyms:
   nocebo

2. placebonoun

   Antonyms:
   nocebo

3. placebonoun

   Antonyms:
   nocebo

Princeton's WordNet

1. placebonoun

   an innocuous or inert medication; given as a pacifier or to the control group in experiments on the efficacy of a drug

2. placebonoun

   (Roman Catholic Church) vespers of the office for the dead

Matched Categories

1. • Roman Catholic Church
   • Medicine
   • Vesper

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1. List of paraphrases for "placebo":

   placebos, cream

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1. List of known nicknames for "Placebo":

   placeo

Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MDRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. placebo

   Synonyms:
   Sugar pill

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1. John Tsai:

   We recognize the importance of answering the scientific question of whether hydroxychloroquine will be beneficial for patients with COVID-19 disease, we mobilized quickly to address this question in a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study.

2. Giulio Romeo:

   The difference between the groups of patients was significant, blood glucose levels of people on cinnamon would not go as high as the participants on placebo after meals and also would return to baseline much faster.

3. Eric Alton:

   Patients who received the gene therapy showed a significant, if modest, benefit in tests of lung function compared with the placebo group.

4. Paul Offit:

   The one thing you can't truncate or coalesce or overlap is the Phase 3 trial, the proof is in the pudding. The Phase 3 trial's the pudding and now you're going to test hopefully 10, 15, 20,000 people that will get this vaccine, 15,000 people that will get placebo and you'll see to what extent this is really safe and you'll see to what extent it's effective.

5. Jennifer Le:

   I vote no. Based on the currently available data I think I just need more efficacy and safety data, perhaps by with more subjects against placebo or other treatment strategies, before I can vote yes.