sugar pill

A pill that does not contain medicine (and may not even contain sugar, as the term "sugar pill" is used broadly); a placebo. Some patients in the clincal trial will receive the medication, while others will receive sugar pills.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Rembrandt	REM-brahnt	Dutch
Amelie	AH-me-lee, ah-me-LEE	German
Vaughan	VAWN	Welsh
Bogdan	BAWG-dahn (Polish), BOG-dahn (Serbian, Croatian), bog-DAHN (Romanian)	Polish, Russian, Slovene, Bulgarian, Serbian, Croatian, Macedonian, Romanian, Medieval Slavic
Bobby	['bɔbi]
Gertrudis	-	Spanish