placebo

plasebo

Definition

Definition of placebo - Reverso French Dictionary

Noun, masculine

médical

TECH.

faux médicament sans substance active utilisé dans les tests médicaux

TECH.

Les patients ont reçu soit le vrai traitement soit un placebo.

substitutchose qui remplace quelque chose d'autre sans véritable efficacité

Cette réforme n'est qu'un placebo pour calmer les mécontents.

substitut

succédané

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Expressions with placebo

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effet placebo

résultat positif obtenu uniquement par la confiance ou suggestion

Son succès était un effet placebo de ses encouragements répétés.

contrôle contre placebo

méthode de recherche où on compare un traitement à une substance inactive

L'étude utilise un contrôle contre placebo pour tester ce nouveau médicament.

médicament placebo

substance inactive donnée comme un vrai médicament lors d'études médicales

Les patients ont reçu soit le nouveau traitement, soit un médicament placebo.

essai contrôlé contre placebo

étude médicale qui compare un traitement à une substance inactive

L'essai contrôlé contre placebo a duré six mois avec 200 patients.

étude contrôlée contre placebo

recherche médicale qui compare un vrai traitement à une substance inactive

L'étude contrôlée contre placebo a montré l'efficacité du nouveau médicament.

Origin of placebo

latin, placebo (je plairai)

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capsule témoin

placebo

capsule sans principe actif utilisée pour comparer dans les tests médicaux

Examples of placebo in a sentence

Certains patients ont ressenti des effets après avoir pris le placebo.
Le médicament prescrit était un simple placebo.
On lui a donné un placebo pour tester sa réaction.

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English:placebo, token gesture, ...
German:Placebo, Scheinmittel, ...
Italian:placebo, ...
Spanish:placebo, sustituto ineficaz, ...
Portuguese:placebo, substância de efeito inócuo, ...
Chinese:安慰剂, 心理安慰品, ...
Japanese:プラセボ, ...
Arabic:عقار وهمي, علاج وهمي, ...
Hebrew:פְּלָסֵבּוֹ, תַּחֲלִיף דִּמְיוֹנִי, ...
Russian:плацебо, заменитель, ...
Ukrainian:плацебо, фіктивний засіб, ...
Catalan:placebo, ...
Danish:placebo, ...
Dutch:placebo, schijnmiddel, ...
Greek:εικονικό φάρμακο, ...
Hungarian:placebo, ...
Khmer:ផ្លាសេបូ, ប្លាសេបូ, ...
Korean:위약, 무의미한 대체물, ...
Polish:placebo, pozór, ...
Portuguese (BR):placebo, ...
Romanian:placebo, substitut inofensiv, ...
Swedish:placebo, surrogat, ...
Thai:ยาหลอก, สิ่งลวง, ...
Turkish:plasebo, yalancı ilaç, ...
Vietnamese:giả dược, thuốc trấn an, ...

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