Medical term:
nocebo
nocebo
[no-se´bo] (L.)an adverse, nonspecific side effect occurring in conjunction with a medication but not directly resulting from the pharmacologic action of the medication.
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no·ce·bo
(nō-sē'bō),An unpleasant effect attributable to administration of a placebo.
[L. I shall harm, fr. noceo, to harm, by analogy with placebo, I shall please]
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nocebo
(nō-sē′bō)n. pl. noce·bos or noce·boes
A substance that causes undesirable side effects as a result of a patient's perception that it is harmful rather than as a result of a causative ingredient.
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nocebo
A negative placebo effect, which may occur when patients in a clinical trial of a drug therapy recognise (or think they recognise) that they are getting a placebo—i.e., not receiving therapy—and fare worse due to the effect of negative suggestibility.Segen's Medical Dictionary. © 2012 Farlex, Inc. All rights reserved.
nocebo
Clinical trials A negative placebo effect that may occur when Pts in a clinical trial of a drug therapy recognize–or think they recognize that they are getting a placebo–ie, not receiving therapy, and fare worse due to the effect of negative suggestibility. Cf Placebo.McGraw-Hill Concise Dictionary of Modern Medicine. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
no·ce·bo
(nō-sē'bō)An unpleasant effect attributable to administration of a placebo.
[L. I shall harm, fr. noceo, to harm, by analogy with placebo, I shall please]
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