Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun active_placebo

1 sense of active placebo

Sense 1
active placebo -- (a placebo used in experimental tests of a drug that has noticeable side effects; "an active placebo mimics the side effects of the experimental drug")
       => placebo -- (an innocuous or inert medication; given as a pacifier or to the control group in experiments on the efficacy of a drug)