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Palliative

//ˈpælieɪtɪv// adj, noun

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Serving to palliate; serving to extenuate or mitigate.
  2. 2
    Minimising the progression of a disease and relieving undesirable symptoms for as long as possible, rather than attempting to cure the (usually incurable) disease.
Adjective
  1. 1
    moderating pain or sorrow by making it easier to bear wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    Something that palliates, particularly a palliative medicine.

    "The radiation and chemotherapy were only palliatives."

  2. 2
    remedy that alleviates pain without curing wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle French palliatif, from New Latin *palliātīvus, from Medieval Latin palliō (“to cloak”), from Latin pallium (“a cloak”).

Etymology 2

From Middle French palliatif, from New Latin *palliātīvus, from Medieval Latin palliō (“to cloak”), from Latin pallium (“a cloak”).

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