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PLACEBO

check date: 28/08/2001
checker: Pamela
origination date: 12/01/2001
originator: Carlos
subject field: medicine: drugs

Conceptual Structures
ISATHERAPEUTICAL-MATERIAL
ANCESTORSALL
MATERIAL
OBJECT
PHARMACEUTICAL-MATERIAL
PHYSICAL-OBJECT
THERAPEUTICAL-MATERIAL

English
placeboterm type: main entry term
part of speech: noun
number: singular
reliability code: 10
definition: pharmaceutical product containing inactive components that is used as a control substance in tests while other patients are given an active medicine. It can also be administered to some patients who believe it to be active to induce a therapeutic effect by suggestion. (en)
check date: 10/08/2001
checker: Pamela

Spanish
placeboterm type: main entry term
part of speech: noun
gender: masculine
number: singular
reliability code: 10
definition: producto farmacéutico compuesto por componentes inactivos que se utiliza como control en pruebas farmacológicas mientras otros pacientes reciben un medicamento activo. Se administra también a pacientes que creen que se trata de una sustancia activa para inducir un efecto terapéutico por sugestión. (es)