palliative

noun

/ˈpæliətɪv/

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(medical) a medicine or medical treatment that reduces pain without curing its cause
- Aromatherapy can be used as a palliative.
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(formal, usually disapproving) an action, a decision, etc. that is designed to make a difficult situation seem better without actually solving the cause of the problems
- Grants by themselves provide little more than a temporary palliative to ailing industries.

Word Originlate Middle English (as an adjective): from French palliatif, -ive or medieval Latin palliativus, from the verb palliare ‘to cloak’, from pallium ‘cloak’.

palliative

adjective

/ˈpæliətɪv/

[usually before noun]

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(medical) (of a medicine or medical treatment) reducing pain without curing its cause
- palliative treatment
(formal, usually disapproving) (of an action, a decision, etc.) designed to make a difficult situation seem better without actually solving the cause of the problems
- short-term palliative measures

单词	palliative
释义	palliative noun /ˈpæliətɪv/ /ˈpæliətɪv/ jump to other results (medical) a medicine or medical treatment that reduces pain without curing its cause Aromatherapy can be used as a palliative. Wordfinder chemotherapy cure disease drug injection medication osteopathy palliative physiotherapy radiotherapy (formal, usually disapproving) an action, a decision, etc. that is designed to make a difficult situation seem better without actually solving the cause of the problems Grants by themselves provide little more than a temporary palliative to ailing industries. Word Originlate Middle English (as an adjective): from French palliatif, -ive or medieval Latin palliativus, from the verb palliare ‘to cloak’, from pallium ‘cloak’. palliative adjective /ˈpæliətɪv/ /ˈpæliətɪv/ [usually before noun] jump to other results (medical) (of a medicine or medical treatment) reducing pain without curing its cause palliative treatment (formal, usually disapproving) (of an action, a decision, etc.) designed to make a difficult situation seem better without actually solving the cause of the problems short-term palliative measures
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