placebo |
an inert, inactive substance that may be used in studies (clinical trials) to compare the effects of a given treatment with no treatment. In common speech, a "sugar pill."
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placebo |
A placebo is an effect, not merely a thing. It is more or less a component of all healing yet is poorly understood or studied. In clinical trials a placebo pill, device, or procedure acts as a control to ensure that the effect seen with the treatment is specific, not only the result of the placebo effect or the natural evolution of an illness that accompany every therapeutic encounter. (Thompson WG. What are placebos, IFFGD 2002; Fact Sheet No. 172)
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placenta |
The uterine factory that nourishes the fetus throughout pregnancy and is connected to the baby's navel via the umbilical cord.
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placentation |
Formation and attachment of the placenta to the uterine wall.
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Placentalia |
or PLACENTAL MAMMALS, See MAMMALIA.
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