n, pl  dummies  1  :  a horse lacking the ability to respond to ordinary stimuli because of cerebral damage esp. following encephalomyelitis  2  :  PONTIC  3  :  PLACEBO
adj :  being a placebo <39 of the youngsters who had received shots had developed chickenpox -Anastasia Toufexis>  .
 
 
 
Similar sounding terms:  dam  diam  dim  dm or DM 
 
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