- active placebo
- impure placebo a substance having pharmacologic properties that are not relevant to the condition being treated.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
active placebo
Look at other dictionaries:
active placebo — noun a placebo used in experimental tests of a drug that has noticeable side effects an active placebo mimics the side effects of the experimental drug • Hypernyms: ↑placebo … Useful english dictionary
Placebo in history — is the account of the changing understanding of the phenomena of the placebo effect and term placebo . The word placebo, Latin for I shall please , dates back to a Latin translation of the Bible by Jerome.[1] It first started to be used in a… … Wikipedia
PLACEBO — PLACEB Produit sans activité pharmacologique mais présenté de façon identique au produit actif, ce qui permet de tester la validité de ce dernier dans un essai thérapeutique. Il n’est pas rare qu’un malade se voie soulagé de ses douleurs ou… … Encyclopédie Universelle
Placebo — Pla*ce bo, n. [L., I shall please, fut. of placere to please.] 1. (R. C. Ch.) The first antiphon of the vespers for the dead. [1913 Webster] 2. (Med.) A prescription with no pharmacological activity given to a patient to humor or satisfy the… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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
Placebo (pharmacologie) — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Placebo (homonymie). L effet placebo peut être produit par des substances inertes, par un … Wikipédia en Français
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
placebo — A treatment which has no effect, and is administered to a control group in experimental research, in place of a treatment whose effects are being studied. This usually happens only in medical research; in social research, control groups are… … Dictionary of sociology
placebo — An inactive substance or treatment that looks the same as, and is given the same way as, an active drug or treatment being tested. The effects of the active drug or treatment are compared to the effects of the placebo … English dictionary of cancer terms
Placebo response — A positive medical response to taking a placebo, as if it were an active medication. Up to one third of patients given a placebo may respond with a reduction in symptoms, depending on the condition. This phenomena is often laid to patients… … Medical dictionary
