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palliative
/ˈpælieɪtɪv/
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What does palliative mean?
adjective
- 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
- Something that palliates, particularly a palliative medicine.
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“But dearest,” he continued in a palliative voice, “don’t be like it!”
As a palliative for lameness when confined to the foot, one would imagine that the plantar operation would be all sufficient.
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As to the reduction of such a dislocation, the most that can be done is to diminish the deformity and functional disability by traction and palliative measures with apparatus.