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placebo yeast

Bosnian translation: placebo kvasac


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English term or phrase:placebo yeast
Bosnian translation:placebo kvasac
Entered by: Ljiljana Krstic
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15:23 Sep 20, 2008
English to Bosnian translations [PRO]
Medical - Medical (general)
English term or phrase: placebo yeast
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hrvaska
placebo kvasac
Explanation:
yeast used in pharmacology, for experiments or as medication
- I'd give more detailed explenation if I knew the context
- Here is the dictionary definition (M. Webster's Collegiate Dict.):
PLACEBO 1) : a medication prescribed more for the mental relief of the patient than for its actual effect on a disorder
(2) : an inert or innocuous substance used esp. in controlled experiments testing the efficacy of another substance (as a drug)
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Ljiljana Krstic
Serbia
Local time: 15:09
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5 +3placebo kvasac
Ljiljana Krstic


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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +3
placebo kvasac


Explanation:
yeast used in pharmacology, for experiments or as medication
- I'd give more detailed explenation if I knew the context
- Here is the dictionary definition (M. Webster's Collegiate Dict.):
PLACEBO 1) : a medication prescribed more for the mental relief of the patient than for its actual effect on a disorder
(2) : an inert or innocuous substance used esp. in controlled experiments testing the efficacy of another substance (as a drug)

Example sentence(s):
  • we conducted a randomized study of high-Se yeast supplements (300 microg/d) or placebo yeast
  • The study will compare how the high selenium yeast affects patients with surgically removed lung cancer when compared to a placebo yeast (a non-active treatment).

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Ljiljana Krstic
Serbia
Local time: 15:09
Native speaker of: Native in SerbianSerbian
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Kornelija: Ili kvasac sa placebo efektom.
17 hrs
agree  Larisa Djuvelek-Ruggiero
21 hrs
agree  alveor
31 days
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Sep 23, 2008 - Changes made by Ljiljana Krstic:
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