placebo

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Noun

1. {{lb|en|medicine}} A dummy [[medicine]] containing no active ingredients; an [[inert]] treatment. {{defdate|from 18th c.}}
2. {{lb|en|Roman Catholicism}} The [[vespers]] sung in the [[office]] for the dead. {{defdate|from 13th c.}}

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