sham

One entry found for sham.

Main Entry: sham
Pronunciation: sham
Function: adjective
: being a treatment or procedure that is performed as a control and that is similar to but omits a key therapeutic element of the treatment or procedure under investigation <sham surgery, in which doctors make an incision in a patient's knee and manipulate the joint, but don't clean out fluid, debris, and torn cartilage -- Liz Kowalczyk> <a sham injection of saline solution>