noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

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Noun

1. 1
   A specialized area of healthcare that focuses on relieving and preventing the suffering of patients. uncountable

Synonyms

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comfort carecomfort oriented carehospicenoncurative carepalliative care programpalliative care service

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aggressive therapyaggressive treatmentcancer therapycurative care