placebo
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placebo (
approfondimento) m inv
- (medicina) (farmacologia) pseudofarmaco che illude i pazienti che ritengono, a torto, di stare meglio
- pla | cè | bo
dal latino placebo ossia "io piacerò" che deriva da placere cioè "piacere"
- Aldo Gabrielli, Grande dizionario italiano edizione online su grandidizionari.it, Hoepli
- AA.VV., Vocabolario Treccani edizione online su treccani.it, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
- Enciclopedia Treccani
