1. placebo的翻译
1. 无效对照剂：然而,到了50年代后期,美国所进行的大规模试验表明,镇静剂如巴比妥类(barbiturates)在减轻精神分裂症状时并没有比无效对照剂(placebo)更好,而氯丙嗪和其他同类药物如吩噻嗪(phenothiazine)却是持续有效的.
2. 宽心剂：研究发现,面临糖尿病风险的人们改变生活型态,结果发展成为糖尿病的机率比仅服用宽心剂(placebo)却仍不改变作息的人下降五八%.此外,「内科医学年鉴」也发表类似研究结果,发现多食红肉,高脂牛乳...
1. （用于测试新药效力的）无效对照剂；（用以安慰想象自己得病的人的）安慰剂
A placebo is a substance with no effects that a doctor gives to a patient instead of a drug. Placebos are used when testing new drugs or sometimes when a patient has imagined their illness.
noun
1. (Roman Catholic Church) vespers of the office for the dead
2. an innocuous or inert medication
given as a pacifier or to the control group in experiments on the efficacy of a drug