active placebo


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Noun1.active placebo - a placebo used in experimental tests of a drug that has noticeable side effectsactive placebo - a placebo used in experimental tests of a drug that has noticeable side effects; "an active placebo mimics the side effects of the experimental drug"
placebo - an innocuous or inert medication; given as a pacifier or to the control group in experiments on the efficacy of a drug
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