In a sentence
Six example sentences with placebo, each labelled with its topic.
Half the volunteers swallowed a placebo, and neither they nor the nurses knew which capsules held the real compound.
Science
The pill was only a placebo, yet students reported sharper focus simply because they expected the tablet to work.
Psychology
Riders given a placebo before the time trial still shaved seconds off, convinced the sports drink held something special.
Fitness
Regulators require a new drug to beat a placebo in two separate trials before it can be sold to patients.
Medicine
In 1799 John Haygarth used wooden rods as a placebo to test fashionable metal ones, and patients improved just the same.
History
Many elevator door-close buttons are a placebo, wired to nothing yet pressed daily by riders who feel they work.
Technology
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- Medical Academic Word ListAuthoritative
- GRE 3000+ word list (widely used study list)Recognized
- 5000 GRE Words (widely used study list)Recognized
- GRE Word List 4700 (widely used study list)Recognized
- MajorTests SAT 1000Recognized
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