<description>&lt;p&gt;A &lt;strong&gt;placebo&lt;/strong&gt; (&lt;span class= "IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa" xml:lang= "en-fonipa"&gt;&lt;a title="Help:IPA/English" href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA/English"&gt;/&lt;span title= "'p' in 'pie'"&gt;p&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span title= "'l' in 'lie'"&gt;l&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span title= "/ə/: 'a' in 'about'"&gt;ə&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span title= "/ˈ/: primary stress follows"&gt;ˈ&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span title= "'s' in 'sigh'"&gt;s&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span title= "/iː/: 'ee' in 'fleece'"&gt;iː&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span title= "'b' in 'buy'"&gt;b&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span title= "/oʊ/: 'o' in 'code'"&gt;oʊ&lt;/span&gt;/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a title= "Help:Pronunciation respelling key" href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Pronunciation_respelling_key"&gt;&lt;em title="English pronunciation respelling"&gt;pluh-SEE-boh&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;) is a medicine or treatment intended to appear genuine to its recipient, but which has no pharmaceutical effect.&lt;sup id= "cite_ref-aspmn_1-0" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Placebo#cite_note-aspmn-1"&gt;&lt;span class="cite-bracket"&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;1&lt;span class="cite-bracket"&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;sup id="cite_ref-:0_2-0" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Placebo#cite_note-:0-2"&gt;&lt;span class= "cite-bracket"&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;2&lt;span class= "cite-bracket"&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt; Common placebos include inert tablets (like sugar pills), inert injections (like &lt;a title="Saline (medicine)" href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saline_(medicine)"&gt;saline&lt;/a&gt;), &lt;a title="Sham surgery" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sham_surgery"&gt;sham surgery&lt;/a&gt;,&lt;sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"&gt;&lt;a href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Placebo#cite_note-3"&gt;&lt;span class= "cite-bracket"&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;3&lt;span class= "cite-bracket"&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt; and other procedures.&lt;sup id="cite_ref-Lanotte_4-0" class= "reference"&gt;&lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Placebo#cite_note-Lanotte-4"&gt;&lt;span class="cite-bracket"&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;4&lt;span class="cite-bracket"&gt;]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

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The Placebo Effect

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A placebo (/pləˈsiːboʊ/ pluh-SEE-boh) is a medicine or treatment intended to appear genuine to its recipient, but which has no pharmaceutical effect.[1][2] Common placebos include inert tablets (like sugar pills), inert injections (like saline), sham surgery,[3] and other procedures.[4]