placebo
CEFR: C1
A harmless pill, medicine, or procedure prescribed more for the psychological benefit to the patient than for any physiological effect.
Synonyms
- placebo descriptor
- technical taxonomy
Common Collocations
- analysis of placebo
- features of placebo
- impact of placebo
Example Sentence
The empirical research passage in Cambridge IELTS 13 highlights the importance of placebo in its specific analytical context.