English words for 'Functioning as a placebo.'
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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
- (medicine, especially pharmacology) A phenomenon where a person's health improves after receiving a treatment that has no direct therapeutic mechanism.
noun
- (uncountable, sciences) Abbreviation of placebo.
- (uncountable, telecommunications) Initialism of packet loss concealment.
- (countable, electronics) Initialism of programmable logic controller.
- (countable, broadcasting) Initialism of program-length commercial.
- (countable, communication) Initialism of power line communication.
- (countable, China) Initialism of prefecture-level city.
- (countable, biochemistry) Initialism of phospholipase C.
- (countable, business) Initialism of public limited company.
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adj
- Intended to have a therapeutic effect; medicinal.
- Pertaining to or requiring treatment by other than surgical means.
- Pertaining to the state of one's health.
- Pertaining to medication specifically (that is, pharmacotherapy), rather than to other aspects of medicine and surgery.
- Of or pertaining to the practice of medicine.
- Requiring medical treatment.
- requiring or amenable to treatment by medicine especially as opposed to surgery
- relating to the study or practice of medicine
- of or belonging to Aesculapius or the healing art
noun
adj
- works well as a means or remedy
- exerting force or influence
- ready for service
- producing or capable of producing an intended result or having a striking effect
- existing in fact; not theoretical; real
- able to accomplish a purpose; functioning effectively
- (physics, for any effective theory) approximate; Not describing the fundamental dynamic changes in some system as they happen.
- (algebra, of a group action) Such that no group element acts trivially.
- Having the power to produce a required effect or effects.
- Actually in effect.
- Producing a decided or decisive effect.
- Efficient, serviceable, or operative, available for useful work.
- (geometry, of a cycle or divisor) Having no negative coefficients.
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verb
- act as a stimulant
- arouse or elicit a feeling
- to evoke sexual feelings
- produce a magnetic field in
- stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of
- stir feelings in
- raise to a higher energy level
- cause to be agitated, excited, or roused
- (transitive) To arouse or bring out (e.g. feelings); to stimulate.
- (transitive, physics) To cause an electron to move to a higher than normal state; to promote an electron to an outer level.
- To energize (an electromagnet); to produce a magnetic field in.
- (transitive) To stir the emotions of; to cause to feel excitement.
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noun
- (medicine) A dummy medicine containing no active ingredients; an inert treatment.
- (Roman Catholicism) The vespers sung in the office for the dead.
- (Roman Catholic Church) vespers of the office for the dead
- an innocuous or inert medication; given as a pacifier or to the control group in experiments on the efficacy of a drug
noun
- A method, device or medication that restores good health.
- A process of preservation, as by smoking.
- Cured fish.
- (figurative) A solution to a problem.
- An act of healing or state of being healed; restoration to health after a disease, or to soundness after injury.
- Spiritual charge; care of soul; the office of a parish priest or of a curate.
- A process of solidification or gelling.
- (engineering) A process whereby a material is caused to form permanent molecular linkages by exposure to chemicals, heat, pressure or weathering.
- That which is committed to the charge of a parish priest or of a curate.
- a medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieve pain
verb
- (intransitive) To undergo a chemical or physical process for preservation or use.
- (transitive) To cause to be rid of (a defect).
- (transitive) To prepare or alter, especially by chemical or physical processing for keeping or use.
- (intransitive) To bring about a cure of any kind.
- (transitive) To bring (a disease or its bad effects) to an end.
- (intransitive) To solidify or gel.
- (transitive) To restore to health.
- To preserve (food), typically by salting.
- be or become preserved
- make (substances) hard and improve their usability
- provide a cure for, make healthy again
- prepare by drying, salting, or chemical processing in order to preserve
noun
adj
- stated explicitly or in detail
- being or affecting a disease produced by a particular microorganism or condition; used also of stains or dyes used in making microscope slides
- relating to or distinguishing or constituting a taxonomic species
- (sometimes followed by ‘to’) applying to or characterized by or distinguishing something particular or special or unique
- (physics) Of a value divided by mass (e.g. specific orbital energy).
- (immunology) Limited to a particular antibody or antigen.
- (physics) Similarly referring to a value divided by any measure which acts to standardize it (e.g. thrust specific fuel consumption, referring to fuel consumption divided by thrust)
- (physics) A measure compared with a standard reference value by division, to produce a ratio without unit or dimension (e.g. specific refractive index is a pure number, and is relative to that of air).
- (sometimes in combination) Special, distinctive or unique.
- (bioscience, taxonomy) Pertaining to a species, as a taxon or taxa at the rank of species.
- intended for, or applying to, a particular thing.
- Explicit or definite.
- Serving to identify a particular thing (often a disease or condition), with little risk of mistaking something else for it.
- Being a remedy for a particular disease on a deeper level, rather than just masking the symptoms
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
- (medicine, especially pharmacology) A phenomenon where a person's health improves after receiving a treatment that has no direct therapeutic mechanism.
noun
- (uncountable, sciences) Abbreviation of placebo.
- (uncountable, telecommunications) Initialism of packet loss concealment.
- (countable, electronics) Initialism of programmable logic controller.
- (countable, broadcasting) Initialism of program-length commercial.
- (countable, communication) Initialism of power line communication.
- (countable, China) Initialism of prefecture-level city.
- (countable, biochemistry) Initialism of phospholipase C.
- (countable, business) Initialism of public limited company.
name
noun
adj
noun
- (medicine) A dummy medicine containing no active ingredients; an inert treatment.
- (Roman Catholicism) The vespers sung in the office for the dead.
- (Roman Catholic Church) vespers of the office for the dead
- an innocuous or inert medication; given as a pacifier or to the control group in experiments on the efficacy of a drug
noun
- A method, device or medication that restores good health.
- A process of preservation, as by smoking.
- Cured fish.
- (figurative) A solution to a problem.
- An act of healing or state of being healed; restoration to health after a disease, or to soundness after injury.
- Spiritual charge; care of soul; the office of a parish priest or of a curate.
- A process of solidification or gelling.
- (engineering) A process whereby a material is caused to form permanent molecular linkages by exposure to chemicals, heat, pressure or weathering.
- That which is committed to the charge of a parish priest or of a curate.
- a medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieve pain
verb
- (intransitive) To undergo a chemical or physical process for preservation or use.
- (transitive) To cause to be rid of (a defect).
- (transitive) To prepare or alter, especially by chemical or physical processing for keeping or use.
- (intransitive) To bring about a cure of any kind.
- (transitive) To bring (a disease or its bad effects) to an end.
- (intransitive) To solidify or gel.
- (transitive) To restore to health.
- To preserve (food), typically by salting.
- be or become preserved
- make (substances) hard and improve their usability
- provide a cure for, make healthy again
- prepare by drying, salting, or chemical processing in order to preserve
noun
adj
- stated explicitly or in detail
- being or affecting a disease produced by a particular microorganism or condition; used also of stains or dyes used in making microscope slides
- relating to or distinguishing or constituting a taxonomic species
- (sometimes followed by ‘to’) applying to or characterized by or distinguishing something particular or special or unique
- (physics) Of a value divided by mass (e.g. specific orbital energy).
- (immunology) Limited to a particular antibody or antigen.
- (physics) Similarly referring to a value divided by any measure which acts to standardize it (e.g. thrust specific fuel consumption, referring to fuel consumption divided by thrust)
- (physics) A measure compared with a standard reference value by division, to produce a ratio without unit or dimension (e.g. specific refractive index is a pure number, and is relative to that of air).
- (sometimes in combination) Special, distinctive or unique.
- (bioscience, taxonomy) Pertaining to a species, as a taxon or taxa at the rank of species.
- intended for, or applying to, a particular thing.
- Explicit or definite.
- Serving to identify a particular thing (often a disease or condition), with little risk of mistaking something else for it.
- Being a remedy for a particular disease on a deeper level, rather than just masking the symptoms
verb
- act as a stimulant
- arouse or elicit a feeling
- to evoke sexual feelings
- produce a magnetic field in
- stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of
- stir feelings in
- raise to a higher energy level
- cause to be agitated, excited, or roused
- (transitive) To arouse or bring out (e.g. feelings); to stimulate.
- (transitive, physics) To cause an electron to move to a higher than normal state; to promote an electron to an outer level.
- To energize (an electromagnet); to produce a magnetic field in.
- (transitive) To stir the emotions of; to cause to feel excitement.
verb
adj
- Intended to have a therapeutic effect; medicinal.
- Pertaining to or requiring treatment by other than surgical means.
- Pertaining to the state of one's health.
- Pertaining to medication specifically (that is, pharmacotherapy), rather than to other aspects of medicine and surgery.
- Of or pertaining to the practice of medicine.
- Requiring medical treatment.
- requiring or amenable to treatment by medicine especially as opposed to surgery
- relating to the study or practice of medicine
- of or belonging to Aesculapius or the healing art
noun
adj
- works well as a means or remedy
- exerting force or influence
- ready for service
- producing or capable of producing an intended result or having a striking effect
- existing in fact; not theoretical; real
- able to accomplish a purpose; functioning effectively
- (physics, for any effective theory) approximate; Not describing the fundamental dynamic changes in some system as they happen.
- (algebra, of a group action) Such that no group element acts trivially.
- Having the power to produce a required effect or effects.
- Actually in effect.
- Producing a decided or decisive effect.
- Efficient, serviceable, or operative, available for useful work.
- (geometry, of a cycle or divisor) Having no negative coefficients.