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adiaphorous

[ ad-ee-af-er-uhs ]

adjective

  1. doing neither good nor harm, as a medicine.


adiaphorous

/ ˌædɪˈæfərəs /

adjective

  1. med having no effect for good or ill, as a drug or placebo
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of adiaphorous1

1625–35, for earlier sense; < Greek adiáphoros, equivalent to a- a- 6 + diáphoros different ( dia- dia- + -phoros -phorous )
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Word History and Origins

Origin of adiaphorous1

C17: from Greek adiaphoros indifferent, from a- 1+ diaphoros different

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