Alleviation or relief of a disease, need, etc. Obsolete. rare.

An assuaging, a mitigation. Obsolete. rare.

The alleviation of a disease or its symptoms without curing it; an instance of this.

Medicine. The action or property of suppressing bleeding. Obsolete.

A treatment that gives temporary or symptomatic relief; something that serves to alleviate or mitigate pain, disease, suffering, etc.

figurative. Soothing or healing action. (So Latin.)

Medicine. Designating medical treatment that is intended to maintain basic physiological functions (esp. circulation, respiration, and nutrition)…