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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Therapy
Therapy noun - Something that corrects or counteracts something undesirable.
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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!
Source: Your Mind Makes It Real
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