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A dummy medicine containing no active ingredients; an inert treatment.
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The vespers sung in the office for the dead.
Examples of placebos in a Sentence
The study itself was not stopped, but the participants were told to stop taking the beta carotene and vitamin A or placebos.
One theory holds that placebos work because they increase endorphins in the brain.
Both were higher percentages than users of Zyban or placebos.
Combination pills deliver active hormones for 21 days followed by seven placebos.
During the time you are taking the placebos, your period will occur.
Seasonale birth control contains 0.03 mg of ethinyl estradiol, a type of estrogen, per pill (except for the week's worth of placebos every three months).
There are 21 active pills and 7 placebos, in most cases.
Some pills have 21 active pills in a pack, but no placebos.
Like Yaz, Beyaz has 24 active pills and four placebos in each pack.