palliative

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Pronunciation

• (British) IPA: /ˈpalɪətɪv/
• (America) IPA: /ˈpæli.eɪtɪv/, /ˈpæli.ətɪv/

Adjective

palliative

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

Related terms

• palliate
• palliation

Translations

• French: palliatif
• German: palliativ, beschönigend, lindernd
• Italian: palliativo
• Portuguese: paliativo, paliativa
• Russian: паллиати́вный
• Spanish: paliativo

Noun

palliative (plural palliatives)

1. (medicine) Something that palliates, particularly a palliative medicine.

   The radiation and chemotherapy were only palliatives.

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