A placebo is chiefly a substance that contains no medication at all, and it is only given to a person to strengthen a patient's anticipation to get better. It is simply something that has absolutely no remedial properties that serves to appease or reassure an individual. It is an inert material which is given in place of a potent medical drug. Such medication is prescribed when a medicine is not really required or simply to reassure the patient of his or her recovery. The 'placebo effect' is the name given to the condition of an apparent progress in the patient's health which is due to the belief that he or she is taking medicine that will cure the illness.
It is also an inactive substance or preparation that serves as a regulator in an experiment to establish the efficiency of a medicine or a drug.
In ecclesiastical terms, a placebo refers to the service rendered by vespers for the deceased.
It is also an inactive substance or preparation that serves as a regulator in an experiment to establish the efficiency of a medicine or a drug.
In ecclesiastical terms, a placebo refers to the service rendered by vespers for the deceased.