Apart from being the name of a well-known rock group, placebo also means an innocuous medicine, prescribed only for psychological effect over the patient or for experimentations. But what is its true meaning in Latin?
- Pleasure
- Hypnotism
- I shall please
- Harmless
Answer
The correct answer is C) I shall please.
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