placebology

English

Etymology

By surface analysis, placebo +‎ -ology.

Noun

placebology (uncountable)

  1. (medicine) The study of placebos and placebo effects, especially of their applications in medicine and science.
    • 1960 September, L. E. Hollister, “Placebology: sense and nonsense”, in Current Therapeutic Research, →PMID:
    • 2023 July 21, What if Placebos ARE the Medicine? (Unsung Science)‎[1], season 2, episode 15, David Pogue (actor), CBS News:
      So Kaptchuk had what may sound like the craziest idea in all of crazy placebology. What would happen if we gave patients a placebo—and told them it was a placebo?
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