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Palliative
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Meaning
Adj
●
Serving to
palliate
;
serving
to
extenuate
or mitigate.
●
In 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
.
Noun
●
In Medicine:
Something that
palliates
,
particularly
a
palliative
medicine.
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