Question

placebo The placebo worked miraculously: his skin rash cleared up, his sleep improved, and he even ceased to hear voices. pləˈsiboʊ

Accepted Answer

A harmless substance given to a patient in place of genuine medication, either for experimental purposes or to soothe the patient. Doctors doing research on new treatments for disease often give one group a placebo while a second group takes the new medication. Since those in the placebo group usually believe they're getting the real thing, their own hopeful attitude may bring about improvement in their condition. Thus, for the real drug to be considered effective, it must produce even better results than the placebo. Placebos have another use as well. A doctor who suspects that a patient's physical symptoms are psychologically produced may prescribe a placebo in the hope that mentally produced symptoms can also be mentally cured

word	placebo
definition	A harmless substance given to a patient in place of genuine medication, either for experimental purposes or to soothe the patient.
eg_sentence	The placebo worked miraculously: his skin rash cleared up, his sleep improved, and he even ceased to hear voices.
explanation	Doctors doing research on new treatments for disease often give one group a placebo while a second group takes the new medication. Since those in the placebo group usually believe they're getting the real thing, their own hopeful attitude may bring about improvement in their condition. Thus, for the real drug to be considered effective, it must produce even better results than the placebo. Placebos have another use as well. A doctor who suspects that a patient's physical symptoms are psychologically produced may prescribe a placebo in the hope that mentally produced symptoms can also be mentally cured
IPA	pləˈsiboʊ

Placebo Group Real Symptoms Produced Mentally Harmless Substance