# What is the 'Nocebo Effect'? | MEDICAL TERMS EXPLAINED

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Podcast: [Words Unravelled with RobWords and Jess Zafarris](https://stenobird.com/podcast/words-unravelled-with-robwords-and-jess-zafarris-6871407)
Published: 2026-01-07T06:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://audioboom.com/posts/8826658
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Rob and Jess are taking a surgical look at words from the world of medicine. 💊 What is the Nocebo Effect? 🩺 Are doctors named after leeches (or the other way round)? 🚑 What does "ambulance" literally mean? These questions answered, and many more, in another wordy nerdy episode of Words Unravelled. 👕 OUR MERCH 👚 US SHOP: https://wordsunravelledshop.myspreadshop.com/ EU/UK SHOP: https://wordsunravelledshop.myspreadshop.net/ 👀 WATCH THIS EPISODE: https://youtu.be/KVFMuOBPjNs

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