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Placebo effect
any effect that seems to be a consequence of administering a placebo; the change is usually beneficial and is assumed result from the person's faith in the treatment or preconceptions about what the experimental drug was supposed to do; pharmacologists were the first to talk about placebo effects but now the idea has been generalized to many situations having nothing to do with drugs
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the consequences of an event (especially a catastrophic event); "the aftermath of war"; "in the wake of the accident no one knew how m…
Used in the same subject area: Environmental science, Education, Media and communication, Research methods, Climate change, Curriculum, Statistical inference, Audiences and reception.a natural consequence of development
Used in the same subject area: Environmental science, Education, Media and communication, Research methods, Climate change, Curriculum, Statistical inference, Audiences and reception.a secondary and sometimes unexpected consequence
Used in the same subject area: Environmental science, Education, Media and communication, Research methods, Climate change, Curriculum, Statistical inference, Audiences and reception.the result of alteration or modification; "there were marked changes in the lining of the lungs"; "there had been no change in the mou…
Used in the same subject area: Environmental science, Education, Media and communication, Research methods, Climate change, Curriculum, Statistical inference, Audiences and reception.a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon; "the magnetic effect was greater when the rod was lengthwise"; "h…
Used in the same subject area: Environmental science, Education, Media and communication, Research methods, Climate change, Curriculum, Statistical inference, Audiences and reception.(physics) an effect whereby a body moving in a rotating frame of reference experiences the Coriolis force acting perpendicular to the…
Used in the same subject area: Environmental science, Education, Media and communication, Research methods, Climate change, Curriculum, Statistical inference, Audiences and reception.an appreciable consequence (especially a lessening); "it made a dent in my bank account"
Used in the same subject area: Environmental science, Education, Media and communication, Research methods, Climate change, Curriculum, Statistical inference, Audiences and reception.a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon; "the magnetic effect was greater when the rod was lengthwise"; "h…
Used in the same subject area: Environmental science, Education, Media and communication, Research methods, Climate change, Curriculum, Statistical inference, Audiences and reception.a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon; "the magnetic effect was greater when the rod was lengthwise"; "h…
Used in the same subject area: Environmental science, Education, Media and communication, Research methods, Climate change, Curriculum, Statistical inference, Audiences and reception.the consequence of an effort or activity; "they gathered a harvest of examples"; "a harvest of love"
Used in the same subject area: Environmental science, Education, Media and communication, Research methods, Climate change, Curriculum, Statistical inference, Audiences and reception.a forceful consequence; a strong effect; "the book had an important impact on my thinking"; "the book packs a wallop"
Used in the same subject area: Environmental science, Education, Media and communication, Research methods, Climate change, Curriculum, Statistical inference, Audiences and reception.the effect of one thing (or person) on another; "the influence of mechanical action"
Used in the same subject area: Environmental science, Education, Media and communication, Research methods, Climate change, Curriculum, Statistical inference, Audiences and reception.a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon; "the magnetic effect was greater when the rod was lengthwise"; "h…
Used in the same subject area: Environmental science, Education, Media and communication, Research methods, Climate change, Curriculum, Statistical inference, Audiences and reception.something that comes into existence as a result; "industrialism prepared the way for acceptance of the French Revolution's various soc…
Used in the same subject area: Environmental science, Education, Media and communication, Research methods, Climate change, Curriculum, Statistical inference, Audiences and reception.a natural consequence of development
Used in the same subject area: Environmental science, Education, Media and communication, Research methods, Climate change, Curriculum, Statistical inference, Audiences and reception.a natural consequence of development
Used in the same subject area: Environmental science, Education, Media and communication, Research methods, Climate change, Curriculum, Statistical inference, Audiences and reception.something that comes into existence as a result; "industrialism prepared the way for acceptance of the French Revolution's various soc…
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The act of administering; government of public affairs; the service rendered, or duties assumed, in conducting affairs; the conducting…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: effect, seems, consequence, administering, placebo.An abandonment of what one has voluntarily professed; a total desertion of departure from one's faith, principles, or party; esp., the…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: effect, seems, consequence, administering, placebo.Assumed, or capable of being assumed; characterized by assumption; making unwarranted claims.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: effect, seems, consequence, administering, placebo.That branch of science which treats of the composition of substances, and of the changes which they undergo in consequence of alterati…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: effect, seems, consequence, administering, placebo.A formulary in which the articles of faith are comprised; a creed to be assented to or signed, as a preliminary to admission to member…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: effect, seems, consequence, administering, placebo.A spiritual and moral change attending a change of belief with conviction; a change of heart; a change from the service of the world t…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: effect, seems, consequence, administering, placebo.A definite summary of what is believed; esp., a summary of the articles of Christian faith; a confession of faith for public use; esp.…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: effect, seems, consequence, administering, placebo.That change in a disease which indicates whether the result is to be recovery or death; sometimes, also, a striking change of symptoms…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: effect, seems, consequence, administering, placebo.Medical or hygienic care; remedial treatment of disease; a method of medical treatment; as, to use the water cure.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: effect, seems, consequence, administering, placebo.A course of reasoning showing that a certain result is a necessary consequence of assumed premises; -- these premises being definition…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: effect, seems, consequence, administering, placebo.being an immediate result or consequence; "a direct result of the accident"
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: effect, seems, consequence, administering, placebo.To become covered with a whitish crust or light crystallization, from a slow chemical change between some of the ingredients of the ma…
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