Palliative Definition

pălē-ātĭv, -ē-ə-tĭv
palliatives
adjective
Serving or tending to palliate.
Webster's New World
Alleviating the symptoms of a disease or disorder, especially one that is terminal, when a cure is not available.
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noun
palliatives
A thing that palliates.
Webster's New World
One that palliates, especially a palliative drug or medicine.
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Other Word Forms of Palliative

Noun

Singular:
palliative
Plural:
palliatives

Origin of Palliative

  • From New Latin *palliativus, from Medieval Latin palliare (“to cloak"), from Latin pallium (“a cloak").

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Palliative Sentence Examples

  • The true palliative of famine is to be found in the improvement of methods of transport, which make it possible rapidly to convey food from one district to another.

  • In the long run, however, even this palliative ceased to work; and accordingly on June 5 1917 a new stiffening of the standing orders was voted, which sufficed in effect during the later period of the Parliament.

  • A good palliative is sweet oil; this will allay any corrosive irritation of the throat and stomach, and at the same time cause vomiting.

  • In advanced metastatic cancer when cure is unlikely, palliative surgery aims at reducing symptoms.

  • Intravenous narcotics may also be used for palliative care, to relieve the pain of patients diagnosed with terminal cancer.

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Words Starting With

PPAPAL

Words Ending With

EVEIVE

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Words Starting With P and Ending With E

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