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place kick
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place of safety order
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placebo
placebo effect
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placebo effect
pla·ce·bo ef·fect (plural pla·ce·bo ef·fects)


noun 
Definition:
 
psychological effect of treatment: a sense of benefit felt by a patient that arises solely from the knowledge that treatment has been given
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