placebo |
an innocuous or inert medication; given as a pacifier or to the control group in experiments on the efficacy of a drug (Roman Catholic Church) vespers of the office for the dead
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placebo effect |
any effect that seems to be a consequence of administering a placebo; the change is usually beneficial and is assumed result from the person's faith in the treatment or preconceptions about what the experimental drug was supposed to do; pharmacologists were the first to talk about placebo effects but now the idea has been generalized to many situations having nothing to do with drugs
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placement |
the spatial property of the way in which something is placed; "the arrangement of the furniture"; "the placement of the chairs" contact established between applicants and prospective employees; "the agency provided placement services" the act of putting something in a certain place
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placenta |
that part of the ovary of a flowering plant where the ovules form the vascular structure in the uterus of most mammals providing oxygen and nutrients for and transferring wastes from the developing fetus
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placenta previa |
pregnancy in which the placenta is implanted in the lower part of the uterus (instead of the upper part); can cause bleeding late in pregnancy; delivery by cesarean section may be necessary
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