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nocebo effect en · NOUN

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1. A deleterious placebo effect.
   • A nocebo effect was observed when saline was administered. 1997 June, Fabrizio Benedettia with Martina Amanzioa, Caterina Casadioc, Alberto Oliaroc, and Giuliano Maggic, “Blockade of nocebo hyperalgesia by the cholecystokinin antagonist proglumide”, in Pain, volume 71, number 2, →DOI, pages 135–140:
   • The nocebo effect is a negative placebo effect. It's why I had my doctor take me off my placebos. They kept curing my hypochondria. 2012 November 7, The Colbert Report, Stephen Colbert (actor):
   • The nocebo effect can be observed even when people take real, non-placebo drugs. 2012 August 10, Paul Enck with Winfried Häuser, “Beward the Nocebo Effect”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:

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nl nocebo-effect (a deleterious placebo effect) · fi nosebovaikutus (a deleterious placebo effect) · fr effet nocebo (a deleterious placebo effect) · fi lumehaitta (a deleterious placebo effect)