sugar pill
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sugar pill

noun

Definition of SUGAR PILL

: a pharmacologically inert pill : placebo

Examples of SUGAR PILL

  1. Half the patients were given the medication and the other half received a sugar pill.

First Known Use of SUGAR PILL

1852

sugar pill

noun    (Medical Dictionary)

Medical Definition of SUGAR PILL

: a pharmacologically inert pill : placebo

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