- placebo-controlled
- Refers to a clinical study in which the control patients receive a placebo.
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Placebo — For other uses, see Placebo (disambiguation) and Placebo effect (disambiguation). Sugar pill redirects here. For Kids of 88 album, see Sugarpills. The placebo effect can be produced by inert tablets, by sham surgery, and by false information,… … Wikipedia
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Placebo — A "sugar pill" or any dummy medication or treatment. For example, in a controlled clinical trial, one group may be given a real medication while another group is given a placebo that looks just like it in order to learn if the… … Medical dictionary
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placebo — (plah SEE boh) [Latin: I shall please] A harmless substance given (as if it were medicinal) to humor or reassure a patient, or as a dummy in a controlled experiment on the effects of a drug. By extension, something said or done to satisfy or… … Dictionary of foreign words and phrases
placebo — noun (plural bos) Etymology: Latin, I shall please Date: 1785 1. a. a usually pharmacologically inert preparation prescribed more for the mental relief of the patient than for its actual effect on a disorder b. an inert or innocuous substance… … New Collegiate Dictionary
controlled clinical trial — A clinical study that includes a comparison (control) group. The comparison group receives a placebo, another treatment, or no treatment at all … English dictionary of cancer terms
