palliative
IPA: pˈæɫiʌtɪv
noun
- (medicine) Something that palliates, particularly a palliative medicine.
adjective
- Serving to palliate; serving to extenuate or mitigate.
- (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.
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