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palliative en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ˈpælɪətɪv/ (UK)
• /ˈpælieɪtɪv/ (General-American)
• (US) audio
• /ˈpæliətɪv/ (General-American)

Etymology

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

Meanings

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

Forms

Deriveds

palliative care · nonpalliative · palliativist · palliatively

Relateds

palliate · palliation

Translations (34)

fr palliatif (reducing progression and relieving symptoms) · pt paliativo (reducing progression and relieving symptoms) · bg облекчаващ (reducing progression and relieving symptoms) · ko 완화 (reducing progression and relieving symptoms) · cs útěšný (reducing progression and relieving symptoms) · cs zmírňující (reducing progression and relieving symptoms) · ja 一時的に緩和する (reducing progression and relieving symptoms) · cs úlevný (reducing progression and relieving symptoms) · id paliatif (reducing progression and relieving symptoms) · es paliativo (reducing progression and relieving symptoms) · fi oireita lievittävä (reducing progression and relieving symptoms) · he מקל (reducing progression and relieving symptoms) · it palliativo (reducing progression and relieving symptoms) · cs paliativní (reducing progression and relieving symptoms) · cmn 緩和的 /缓和的 (reducing progression and relieving symptoms) · pl paliatywny (reducing progression and relieving symptoms) · ar مُسَكِّن (reducing progression and relieving symptoms) · ar مُلَطِّف (reducing progression and relieving symptoms) · ar مُخَفِّف (reducing progression and relieving symptoms) · io paliativa (reducing progression and relieving symptoms) · de beschönigend (reducing progression and relieving symptoms) · sv palliativ (reducing progression and relieving symptoms) · cmn 姑息的 (reducing progression and relieving symptoms) · ru паллиати́вный (reducing progression and relieving symptoms) · kk паллиативтік (reducing progression and relieving symptoms) · uk паліати́вний (reducing progression and relieving symptoms) · tr palyatif (reducing progression and relieving symptoms) · de lindernd (reducing progression and relieving symptoms) · el καταπραϋντικός (reducing progression and relieving symptoms) · ar تَلْطِيفِيّ (reducing progression and relieving symptoms) · sv lindrande (reducing progression and relieving symptoms) · de palliativ (reducing progression and relieving symptoms) · fi palliatiivinen (reducing progression and relieving symptoms) · ca pal·liatiu (reducing progression and relieving symptoms)

palliative en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈpælɪətɪv/ (UK)
• /ˈpælieɪtɪv/ (General-American)
• (US) audio
• /ˈpæliətɪv/ (General-American)

Etymology

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

Meanings

1. Something that palliates, particularly a palliative medicine.
   • The radiation and chemotherapy were only palliatives.
   • Mary heard with sorrow, and fear also, of the projected journey; but the altered expression of Isabella's countenance was a great palliative—dreadful as it was that her husband should love another... 1842, [anonymous collaborator of Letitia Elizabeth Landon], chapter XXVIII, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 66:

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