Definitions For Nocebo

Noun

NOCEBO (plural NOCEBOs) (pharmacology, also, _, attributive) A substance which a patient#noun, patient experiences as harmful due to a previous negative perception, but which is in fact pharmacologically (medicinally) inactive. from 1961

Derived terms

nocebo effect

Translations

Albanian: nocebo Czech: nocebo Danish: nocebo Dutch: nocebo Finnish: nosebo Galician: nocebo German: Nocebo, n Indonesian: nocebo Italian: nocebo, m Korean: 노시보 Macedonian: ноцебо Norwegian: nocebo Polish: nocebo Portuguese: nocebo, m Russian: ноцебо Spanish: nocebo Swedish: nocebo Turkish: nocebo Ukrainian: ноцебо Vietnamese: nocebo

See also

drug placebo

Etymology

{{PIE root, en, neḱ}} capsules. Like placebos, nocebos have no medicinal effect. However, they are perceived by patient#noun, patients to be harmful due to a previous negative perception.]] Borrowed from {{bor, en, la, nocēbō, , I will harm}}, the {{glossary, first-person}} {{glossary, singular}} {{glossary, future tense, future}} {{glossary, active voice, active}} {{glossary, indicative mood, indicative}} form of noceō, , I harm, by analogy with placebo. The word was coined by Walter P. Kennedy in a 1961 article entitled “The Nocebo Reaction” (see quotation).