placebo effect

noun

A phenomenon where a person's health improves after receiving a treatment that has no direct therapeutic mechanism.

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Meanings

nounplacebo effect (plural placebo effects)

plural placebo effects

  1. especiallymedicineA phenomenon where a person's health improves after receiving a treatment that has no direct therapeutic mechanism.

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 安慰劑效應 /安慰剂效应
  • 安慰劑效應 /安慰剂效应 (ānwèijì xiàoyīng)tendency for a substance to exhibit results due to belief of the recipient
Dutch placebo-effect
  • placebo-effecttendency for a substance to exhibit results due to belief of the recipient
Finnish lumevaikutus, plasebovaikutus
  • lumevaikutustendency for a substance to exhibit results due to belief of the recipient
  • plasebovaikutustendency for a substance to exhibit results due to belief of the recipient
French effet placebo
  • effet placebotendency for a substance to exhibit results due to belief of the recipient
German Placeboeffekt
  • Placeboeffekttendency for a substance to exhibit results due to belief of the recipient
Hungarian placebohatás
  • placebohatástendency for a substance to exhibit results due to belief of the recipient
Italian effetto placebo
  • effetto placebotendency for a substance to exhibit results due to belief of the recipient
Polish efekt placebo
  • efekt placebotendency for a substance to exhibit results due to belief of the recipient
Russian эффе́кт плаце́бо
  • эффе́кт плаце́бо (effékt placébo)tendency for a substance to exhibit results due to belief of the recipient
Spanish efecto placebo
  • efecto placebotendency for a substance to exhibit results due to belief of the recipient
Swedish placeboeffekt
  • placeboeffekttendency for a substance to exhibit results due to belief of the recipient
Turkish plasebo etkisi
  • plasebo etkisitendency for a substance to exhibit results due to belief of the recipient
Cite this entry
APA

placebo effect. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/placebo%20effect

MLA

“placebo effect.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/placebo%20effect. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “placebo effect,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/placebo%20effect.

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