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active placebo

DEFINITIONS OF: active placebo

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n a placebo used in experimental tests of a drug that has noticeable side effects

“an active placebo mimics the side effects of the experimental drug”
Type of:
placebo
an innocuous or inert medication; given as a pacifier or to the control group in experiments on the efficacy of a drug
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