nocebo in Norwegian
nocebo in Norwegian is nocebo — nocebo means a harmless substance that makes a patient feel worse simply because they expect it to.
nocebo in Norwegian
nocebo
(pharmacology, also, _, attributive) A substance which a patient experiences as harmful due to a previous negative perception, but which is in fact pharmacologically (medicinally) inactive. [from 1961]
What does "nocebo" mean?
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noun A harmless substance that makes a patient feel worse simply because they expect it to.
"It seems to be a "nocebo" effect – the self-diagnosed gluten sensitive patients expected to feel worse on the study diets, so they did."
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nocebo in a sentence
- It seems to be a "nocebo" effect – the self-diagnosed gluten sensitive patients expected to feel worse on the study diets, so they did.
- In the case of the nocebo, it is negative expectations that become self-fulfilling prophecies.
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What is "nocebo" in Norwegian?
"nocebo" in Norwegian is nocebo. nocebo means: A harmless substance that makes a patient feel worse simply because they expect it to.
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