Placebo

[plə'siːbəʊ] or [plə'sibo]

解释:

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

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

弗朗西丝编辑--From WordNet

解释:

(n.) The first antiphon of the vespers for the dead.

(n.) A prescription intended to humor or satisfy.

彻姬塔编辑

解释:

n. in the R.C. service of vespers for the dead the name of the first antiphon which begins with the word: a medicine given to humour or gratify a patient rather than to exercise any curative effect.

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