I need palliative care.
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Palliative
//ˈpælieɪtɪv//
Synonyms for "palliative" (96 found)
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32 translations across 22 languages.
Arabic
3 entries- مُخَفِّف adj (reducing progression and relieving symptoms)
- مُسَكِّن adj (reducing progression and relieving symptoms)
- مُلَطِّف adj (reducing progression and relieving symptoms)
Bulgarian
1 entries- облекчаващ adj (reducing progression and relieving symptoms)
Catalan
1 entries- pal·liatiu adj (reducing progression and relieving symptoms)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 姑息的 adj (reducing progression and relieving symptoms)
- 緩和的 /缓和的 adj (reducing progression and relieving symptoms)
Czech
4 entries- paliativní adj (reducing progression and relieving symptoms)
- zmírňující adj (reducing progression and relieving symptoms)
- úlevný adj (reducing progression and relieving symptoms)
- útěšný adj (reducing progression and relieving symptoms)
Finnish
2 entries- oireita lievittävä adj (reducing progression and relieving symptoms)
- palliatiivinen adj (reducing progression and relieving symptoms)
French
1 entries- palliatif adj (reducing progression and relieving symptoms)
German
3 entries- beschönigend adj (reducing progression and relieving symptoms)
- lindernd adj (reducing progression and relieving symptoms)
- palliativ adj (reducing progression and relieving symptoms)
Greek
1 entries- καταπραϋντικός adj (reducing progression and relieving symptoms)
Hebrew
1 entries- מקל adj (reducing progression and relieving symptoms)
Ido
1 entries- paliativa adj (reducing progression and relieving symptoms)
Indonesian
1 entries- paliatif adj (reducing progression and relieving symptoms)
Italian
1 entries- palliativo adj (reducing progression and relieving symptoms)
Japanese
1 entries- 一時的に緩和する adj (reducing progression and relieving symptoms)
Kazakh
1 entries- паллиативтік adj (reducing progression and relieving symptoms)
Polish
1 entries- paliatywny adj (reducing progression and relieving symptoms)
Portuguese
1 entries- paliativo adj (reducing progression and relieving symptoms)
Russian
1 entries- паллиати́вный adj (reducing progression and relieving symptoms)
Spanish
1 entries- paliativo adj (reducing progression and relieving symptoms)
Swedish
2 entries- lindrande adj (reducing progression and relieving symptoms)
- palliativ adj (reducing progression and relieving symptoms)
Turkish
1 entries- palyatif adj (reducing progression and relieving symptoms)
Ukrainian
1 entries- паліати́вний adj (reducing progression and relieving symptoms)
Sample sentences
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A gerontologist suggested that better palliative care facilities for patients who are nearing the end of their lives might be better than legalizing assisted suicide.
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She was a palliative care nurse until her retirement.
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Living is a sickness that sleep relieves every sixteen hours. It's a palliative. Death is the cure.
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