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The full sentence, from the Vulgate, is Placebo Domino in regione vivorum 'I will please the Lord in the land of the living', from Psalm 116:9. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] To sing placebo at a funeral came to mean to falsely claim a connection to the deceased to get a share of the funeral meal, and hence a flatterer, and so a deceptive act to please.
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Placebos are typically inert tablets, such as sugar pills. A placebo (/ p l ə ˈ s iː b oʊ / plə-SEE-boh) is a substance or treatment which is designed to have no therapeutic value. [1] Common placebos include inert tablets (like sugar pills), inert injections (like saline), sham surgery, [2] and other procedures. [3]
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Prescription placebos used in research and practice. Placebo-controlled studies are a way of testing a medical therapy in which, in addition to a group of subjects that receives the treatment to be evaluated, a separate control group receives a sham "placebo" treatment which is specifically designed to have no real effect.
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