placebo

noun

1. （给无实际治疗需要者的）安慰剂；（试验药物用的）无效对照剂
   a substance that has no physical effects, given to patients who do not need medicine but think that they do, or used when testing new drugs
   1. the placebo effect (= the effect of taking a placebo and feeling better)
      安慰剂效应

1. （用于测试新药效力的）无效对照剂；（用以安慰想象自己得病的人的）安慰剂
   A placebo is a substance with no effects that a doctor gives to a patient instead of a drug. Placebos are used when testing new drugs or sometimes when a patient has imagined their illness.

1. The placebo effect can be understood only if we acknowledge the unity of mind and body.
   只有我们承认身心一体，安慰剂效果才能被理解。
2. But fifteen percent of those taking the placebo and aspirin had them.
   但百分之十五的那些服用安慰剂，阿斯匹林。
3. Partially its a placebo effect.
   部分地讲，这也是一种安慰效应。
4. All but two of these studies found that compared with a placebo, fish oil showed no benefit.
   这些研究中，除了两项外研究，其他所有研究都发现与安慰剂相比，鱼油未显示任何效果。
5. With a drug trial, everyone gets the exact same pill or the exact same placebo.
   在药物试验中，所有受试者得到的是完全相同的药丸或完全一样的安慰剂。
6. Placebo effects have already been proven to work on the immune system.
   此前已经证实安慰剂效应可作用于免疫系统。
7. Afterwards, they were given a caffeine pill or a placebo ( dummy) pill.
   然后给予他们咖啡因药丸或安慰剂。
8. Methods. Single-centre, randomized, prospective, double-blinded comparison of bosentan and placebo.
   方法：单中心，随机，前瞻性，双盲比较波生坦和安慰剂。
9. This compared with an infection rate of more than 8% in blacks given the placebo.
   然而注射安慰剂的黑人的感染率超过了8%。
10. Even if the traditional Chinese medicine to AIDS patients as a placebo, it should first ensure their safety.
    即使是把中药当成安慰剂给艾滋病病人使用，也应该首先保证其安全性。
11. The other time it was just a placebo.
    另外一次测试中，这种药丸仅仅是安慰剂。
12. Patients were either given a placebo or etanercept, a compound which blocks the effects of toxic cytokines.
    分别给患者安慰剂和依那西普，一种可以阻断毒性细胞因子作用的复合物。
13. One study compared the blood-thinning drug fondaparinux sodium with a placebo.
    其中一项研究比较了血液稀释药物磺达肝素钠和安慰剂的作用。
14. The researchers gave some people either aspirin or a placebo and others an antioxidant or placebo.
    研究人员给予部分患者阿司匹林或安慰剂，而另一部分患者服用抗氧剂或者安慰剂。
15. Methods: A randomized, double-blind, placebo add-on was taken.
    方法：随机双盲，添加治疗安慰剂对照临床试验。
16. Dyspnoea measures were similar between placebo and iloprost at baseline and at the end of therapy.
    在治疗初始和终末呼吸困难评估在安慰剂组和伊洛前列素组之间类似。
17. Compared with placebo, amiodarone had no significant effect on any mode of death.
    与安慰剂相比，胺碘酮对任何形式的死亡率都无显著影响。
18. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This was a randomized, double-blind, placebo controlled, parallel group, multicenter study.
    材料和方法：这是一项随机、对照、双盲、平行分组、多中心的研究。
19. DESIGN: Randomized, single blind and placebo control prospective study based on patients.
    设计：以患者为研究对象，随机、盲、慰剂对照的前瞻性研究。
20. However, there was no difference in the frequency of reported side-effects between the vaccine and placebo group.
    但是，疫苗组和对照组报告的副反应发生率无差异。
21. Study selection Randomised and quasi-randomised controlled trials of statins compared with placebo or other statins in chronic kidney disease.
    研究选择：慢性肾脏疾病患者中他汀类药物与安慰剂或其它他汀类药物比较的随机和半随机对照研究。
22. Aliskiren and amlodipine were studied alone and in combination in an8-week, randomized, multifactorial study comparing various dose combinations with ­ placebo.
    阿利吉仑和氨氯地平，研究了8周的单独和组合，随机，安慰剂多因素研究，比较不同剂量组合。
23. The children were randomized to either etanercept or placebo.
    这些儿童被随机予依那西普或安慰剂组。
24. Trials were included if they were randomized, double-blinded, and controlled with placebo or active comparator.
    这些试验包括，是否是随机，双盲，安慰剂对照或活动比较仪。
25. Volunteers were randomly assigned to supplement their diets with either water-soluble cinnamon extracts or a placebo for12 weeks.
    志愿者被随机分配到任何补充水溶性肉桂提取物或安慰剂12周。
26. The study compared BufferGel and PRO2000 with a placebo gel and no gel.
    这项研究比较了BufferGel、PRO2000、安慰剂凝胶和不使用任何凝胶。
27. All of these new trials – apart from one in Thailand – used a placebo in the control group.
    除了在泰国进行的一项试验外，所有这些新的试验都在对照组中使用了一种安慰剂。
28. They were randomly selected to be given pemetrexed or a placebo in21-day cycles.
    这些人随机给培美曲塞或安慰剂，并持续21天的周期。
29. Twenty-one patients received a placebo plus standard treatment.
    21位患者在标准疗法的基础上服用了安慰剂。

noun

1. (Roman Catholic Church) vespers of the office for the dead

2. an innocuous or inert medication