sugar pill

noun

A placebo medication made with sugar.

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Meanings

nounsugar pill (plural sugar pills)

plural sugar pills

  1. A placebo medication made with sugar.
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see sugar, pill.

Origin

From sugar + pill.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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