palliative

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈpalɪətɪv/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈpælieɪtɪv/, /ˈpæliətɪv/

Adjective

palliative (comparative more palliative, superlative most 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.

Synonyms

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Translations

Noun

palliative (plural palliatives)

  1. (medicine) Something that palliates, particularly a palliative medicine.
    The radiation and chemotherapy were only palliatives.

See also

Further reading

  • palliative in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
  • palliative in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
  • palliative at OneLook Dictionary Search

French

Adjective

palliative

  1. feminine singular of palliatif

German

Adjective

palliative

  1. inflected form of palliativ

Italian

Adjective

palliative

  1. feminine plural of palliativo
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