placebo effect
ریشه و کاربرد
ریشه
Compound word formed from 'placebo' and 'effect'.
مثال
- The placebo effect can be a powerful influence on a patient's perception of their symptoms.
- Studies have shown that the placebo effect can be as effective as actual medication in some cases.
- The placebo effect is believed to be linked to the mind-body connection.
تعریف انگلیسی
noun
- any effect that seems to be a consequence of administering a placebo; the change is usually beneficial and is assumed result from the person's faith in the treatment or preconceptions about what the experimental drug was supposed to do; pharmacologists were the first to talk about placebo effects but now the idea has been generalized to many situations having nothing to do with drugs