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placebo effects

placebo effects is the plural of placebo effect.

Meaning of placebo effect

Noun

placebo effect (plural placebo effects)

  1. (especially) A phenomenon where a person's health improves after receiving a treatment that has no direct therapeutic mechanism.

Questions about placebo effects

What is placebo effects the plural of?
Placebo effects is the plural of placebo effect.

Words near placebo effects in the dictionary

  1. placeblogs
  2. placebo
  3. placebo button
  4. placebo buttons
  5. placebo effect
  6. placebo effects
  7. placebo-controlled
  8. placeboes
  9. placebogenic
  10. placebolike
  11. placebology

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