ACTIVE PLACEBO

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does active placebo mean? 

• ACTIVE PLACEBO (noun)
  The noun ACTIVE PLACEBO has 1 sense:

1. a placebo used in experimental tests of a drug that has noticeable side effects

  Familiarity information: ACTIVE PLACEBO used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ACTIVE PLACEBO (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A placebo used in experimental tests of a drug that has noticeable side effects

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Context example:

an active placebo mimics the side effects of the experimental drug

Hypernyms ("active placebo" is a kind of...):

placebo (an innocuous or inert medication; given as a pacifier or to the control group in experiments on the efficacy of a drug)