nocebo

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin nocēbō (“I will harm”), the first-person singular future active indicative form of noceō (“to harm”), by analogy with placebo. The word was coined by Walter P. Kennedy in an article entitled “The Nocebo Reaction” (1961). (see quotation). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) enPR: nōsē′bō, IPA(key): /nəʊˈsiː.bəʊ/ (General American) enPR: nōsē′bō, IPA(key): /noʊˈsi.boʊ/ Rhymes: -iːbəʊ Hyphenation: no‧ce‧bo === Noun === nocebo (plural nocebos) (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] ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== drug placebo === Further reading === nocebo on Wikipedia.Wikipedia == Latin == === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [nɔˈkeː.boː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [noˈt͡ʃɛː.bo] === Verb === nocēbō first-person singular future active indicative of noceō ==== Descendants ==== English: nocebo