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Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
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 Meanings and Examples of PLACEBO
placebo
 n.  harmless substance prescribed as a dummy pill
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1  In order to determine if a certain pharmaceutical is effective, researchers compare medical outcomes between one group given the drug and another given a placebo.
2  In a controlled experiment, fifty volunteers were given aspirin tablets; the control group received only placebo ones.