PLACEBO

An Illustrated Encyclopedic Medical Dictionary · 1894 · p. 12

n. Plaas-eb'o. The first person sing. fut. ind. of Lat., placere, to please. Lit., Twill please you. A make-believe medicine; something administered for its effect on the patient's imagination rather than because it is of medicinal value, [a, 48.] [s. 280]