Placebo and Therapy

Placebo

Placebo noun - An innocuous or inert medication; given as a pacifier or to the control group in experiments on the efficacy of a drug.
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Synonyms for Placebo

Therapy and placebo are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Therapy" instead a noun "Placebo".

Therapy

Therapy noun - Something that corrects or counteracts something undesirable.
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Synonyms for Therapy

Placebo and therapy are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Placebo" instead a noun "Therapy".

Nearby Word: therapist

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  • David Cronenberg's The Brood starts off with a doctor whose therapy involves making mentally ill patients make their illness a physical one, which he would then cure, hey presto reverse placebo!
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