placebo effect

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placebo effect noun

The tendency of any medication or treatment, even an inert or ineffective one, to exhibit results simply because the recipient believes that it will work.

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antiplacebo placebo placebo button nocebo effect nocebo pseudopharmaceutical nonplacebo bread pill desired effect psychostimulation sugar pill obecalp pharmacostimulation pseudo-medicine side effect pharmacoresponse

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