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غُقْل

English translation: Placebo

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Arabic term or phrase: غُقْل
English translation:Placebo
Entered by: Eyal Sherf

02:59 Jul 26, 2011
Arabic to English translations [PRO]
Medical - Medical (general) / Informed consent form for participation of clinical trial (autistic child)
Arabic term or phrase: غُقْل
Is this a typo? This is exactly how it appears in the document,

(دواء غُقْل (اختباري غير فعال

I couldn't find غُقْل, but my guess is that they are talking about placebo, right?
What SHOULD be the correct word?

Thanks.
Eyal Sherf
United States
Local time: 14:42
Placebo
Explanation:
and yes it's a typo. It should be غُفْل
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dimamarcel
Local time: 12:42
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5 +4Placebo
dimamarcel


  

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8 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +4
Placebo


Explanation:
and yes it's a typo. It should be غُفْل

dimamarcel
Local time: 12:42
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Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic
PRO pts in category: 44

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Mohsin Alabdali: Of course, you are usually right. But I hope you'd consider a small element of doubt instead of always "I'm sure".
5 hrs
  -> Thank you Mohsin! I find your comment rather unusal and on the verge of offending. Why should I doubt myself when I know I'm right? If you always read my answers you'll see if I'm not 100% right I won't say "I'm sure".
agree  saber fathi: It's placebo
6 hrs
  -> Thank you Saber!
agree  Lina Shehabi Murad (Mourant)
6 hrs
  -> Thank you Lina!
agree  sktrans
10 hrs
  -> Thank you sktrans!
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