Palliative
31palliative care — Care given to improve the quality of life of patients who have a serious or life threatening disease. The goal of palliative care is to prevent or treat as early as possible the symptoms of the disease, side effects caused by treatment of the… …
32palliative therapy — Treatment given to relieve the symptoms and reduce the suffering caused by cancer and other life threatening diseases. Palliative cancer therapies are given together with other cancer treatments, from the time of diagnosis, through treatment,… …
33palliative — palliatively, adv. /pal ee ay tiv, ee euh tiv/, adj. 1. serving to palliate. n. 2. something that palliates. [1535 45; < F palliatif. See PALLIATE, IVE] * * * …
34palliative — Synonyms and related words: alleviating, alleviative, alleviator, allowance, altering, analgesic, anesthetic, anodyne, apologetic, assuager, assuasive, balm, balmy, balsamic, benumbing, bounding, calmant, calmative, cathartic, cleansing, color,… …
35palliative — pal|li|a|tive [ pæli,eıtıv ] adjective reducing the pain or other bad effects of an illness but not curing it completely …
36palliative — pal·li·a·tive || pælietɪv / ɪətɪv adj. calming, soothing; alleviative, bringing relief; mitigating, moderating, lessening …
37palliative — n. Lenitive …
38palliative — adj 1. alleviative, alleviatory, mitiga tive, mitigatory, lenitive, Med. abirritant; mollifying, soothing, calming, Med. calmative, assuasive, demulcent; relaxing, numbing, dulling, anesthetic; pain killing, anodyne, Med. analgesic, deadening. n… …
39palliative — pal·lia·tive …
40palliative — n. a medicine that gives temporary relief from the symptoms of a disease but does not actually cure the disease. Palliatives are often used in the treatment of such diseases as cancer …
