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placebo-controlled

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.45 in modern English

Syllables
place-bo--con-trolled
IPA
26
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
5
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Including a comparison (control) group with placebo. (describing clinical trials)

Example Sentences

  • "A placebo-controlled trial."

Questions

What does placebo-controlled mean?
Including a comparison (control) group with placebo. (describing clinical trials)

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