Category:Placebo

Pla*ce"bo, n. Etym: [l., I shall please, fut. of placere to please.]

1. (r. C. Ch.)

Defn: the first antiphon of the vespers for the dead.

2. (med.)

Defn: a prescription intended to humor or satisfy. To sing placebo, To agree with one in his opinion; to be complaisant to. Chaucer.