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placebo effect

The correct spelling is placebo effect.

How to pronounce placebo effect

noun

Say it like: Pla-seb-o e-ffe-ct

The correct spelling is placebo effect. 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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noun

  1. 1.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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