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nocebo effect

nocebo effect noun: a deleterious placebo effect.

nocebo effect: a deleterious placebo effect
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Noun

nocebo effect (plural nocebo effects)

  1. A deleterious placebo effect.
    • A nocebo effect was observed when saline was administered.1997 June, Fabrizio Benedettia with Martina Amanzioa, Caterina Casadioc, Alberto Oliaroc, and Giuliano Maggic, “Blockade of nocebo hyperalgesia by the cholecystokinin antagonist proglumide”, in Pain...
    • The nocebo effect can be observed even when people take real, non-placebo drugs.2012 August 10, Paul Enck with Winfried Häuser, “Beward the Nocebo Effect”, in The New York Times, →ISSN

Forms of nocebo effect

pluralnocebo effects

Questions about nocebo effect

What does nocebo effect mean?
Nocebo effect means a deleterious placebo effect.
What part of speech is nocebo effect?
Nocebo effect is a noun.
What is the plural of nocebo effect?
The plural of nocebo effect is nocebo effects.

Words near nocebo effect in the dictionary

  1. nocardiotic
  2. nocathiacin
  3. nocathiacins
  4. Noce
  5. nocebo
  6. nocebo effect
  7. nocebo effects
  8. nocebos
  9. noceffector
  10. noceffectors
  11. Nocella

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