palliative

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj

Serving to palliate; serving to extenuate or mitigate.
Minimising the progression of a disease and relieving undesirable symptoms for as long as possible, rather than attempting to cure the (usually incurable) disease.

noun

/ˈpælɪətɪv/ /ˈpælieɪtɪv/ /ˈpæliətɪv/ En-us-palliative.ogg

palliative more palliative most palliative palliatives

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

palliate palliation

nonpalliative palliative care palliatively palliativist

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