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nocebos

nocebos is the plural of nocebo.

Meaning of nocebo

Noun

nocebo (plural nocebos)

  1. (also, attributive) A substance which a patient experiences as harmful due to a previous negative perception, but which is in fact pharmacologically (medicinally) inactive.
    • It is somewhat surprising that little attention has been drawn to the existence of the contrary effect [to the placebo] – which I may call the nocebo reaction.1961 September, Walter P. Kennedy, “The Nocebo Reaction”, in Medical World, volume 95, London: Medical Practitioners' Union, →ISSN, →OCLC, →PMID, page 203

Questions about nocebos

What is nocebos the plural of?
Nocebos is the plural of nocebo.

Words near nocebos in the dictionary

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

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