Английский Этимологический словарь - placebo
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Placebo
placebo
- M.E., from Mod.L., from L. placebo "I shall please," future indic. of placere "to please." Originally used for the rite of Vespers of the Office of the Dead, from the opening of the first antiphon, "I will please the Lord in the land of the living" (Psalm cxiv:9). Medical sense is first recorded 1785, "a medicine given more to please than to benefit the patient."
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~ n a substance given to a patient instead of medicine, without telling them it is not real, so that they get better because they think they are taking medicine (placebo effect (=the positive effect achieved by this)) ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
2.
(placebos) 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. N-COUNT ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
3.
noun (plural -bos) Etymology: Latin, I shall please Date: 1785 1. a. a usually pharmacologically inert preparation prescribed more for the mental relief of the patient than for its actual effect on a disorder b. an inert or innocuous substance used especially in controlled experiments testing the efficacy of another substance (as a drug) 2. something tending to soothe ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n. (pl. -os) 1 a a pill, medicine, etc. prescribed for psychological reasons but having no physiological effect. b a placebo used as a control in testing new drugs etc. c a blank sample in a test. 2 RC Ch. the opening antiphon of the vespers for the dead. Etymology: L, = I shall be acceptable or pleasing f. placere please, first word of Ps. 114:9 ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
5.
1. плацебо, безвредное лекарство, прописываемое для успокоения больного 2. слова успокоения, лесть 3. церк. плацебо, "я буду угоден", первое песнопение заупокойной вечерни Id: to sing (to play) (a) placebo —- раболепствовать, угодничать; быть приспособленцем (оппортунистом) ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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