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ACTIVE PLACEBO
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A placebo used in experimental tests of a drug that has noticeable side effects
Example:
an active placebo mimics the side effects of the experimental drug
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("active placebo" is a kind of...):
placebo (an innocuous or inert medication; given as a pacifier or to the control group in experiments on the efficacy of a drug)
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