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Definition of palliative - Reverso English Dictionary
Adjective
1.
medicalrelieving symptoms without curing the disease
- Palliative care focuses on comfort and quality of life.
2.
temporary reliefmaking a problem seem less severe without solving it
- The policy was a palliative measure for the economic crisis.
Noun
1.
general usesomething that mitigates or alleviates a problem
- The new policy acts as a palliative against public dissatisfaction.
2.
medicalTECH. medicine that relieves symptoms without curingTECH.
- The doctor prescribed a palliative for the chronic pain.
Expressions with palliative
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medical care that helps relieve suffering for serious illness
Palliative care helps patients feel better during serious illness.
Origin of palliative
Latin, palliare (to cloak) + -ive (pertaining to)
Terms with palliative included in their meaning
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palliative care
care for terminally ill patients focusing on comfort
healthcare
facility providing palliative care for the terminally ill
medical
in a way that provides palliative care
Examples of palliative in a sentence
Hospice care often includes palliative measures. The speech offered only palliative comfort to the audience. Palliative actions were taken to calm the public unrest. The charity's efforts were a palliative for the community's hardships. Music can be a palliative for stress and anxiety. She found relief in the palliative given by the nurse.
The palliative helped ease his discomfort temporarily.
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- French:palliatif, mesure palliative, ...
- German:palliativ, Linderungsmittel, ...
- Italian:palliativo, medicina palliativa, ...
- Spanish:paliativo, ...
- Portuguese:paliativo, ...
- Chinese:姑息的, 权宜之计, ...
- Japanese:緩和的な, 緩和剤, ...
- Arabic:تَلْطِيفِي, حَل مُؤَقَّت, ...
- Hebrew:פַּלְּיָאטִיבִי, אֶמְצָעִי מַרְגִּיעַ, ...
- Russian:паллиативный, паллиатив, ...
- Ukrainian:паліативний, пом'якшення, ...
- Hindi:प्रशामक, उपशामक, ...
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