palliative

palliative
adj
1. alleviative, alleviatory, mitiga-tive, mitigatory, lenitive, Med. abirritant; mollifying, soothing, calming, Med. calmative, assuasive, demulcent; relaxing, numbing, dulling, anesthetic; pain-killing, anodyne, Med. analgesic, deadening.
n
2. sedative, sedation, Med. calmative, tranquilizer, narcotic, opiate, drug, anesthetic; painkiller, anodyne, Med. analgesic; softener, sweetener, demulcent, lenitive, Med. emollient, Med. abirritant; balm, salve, unguent, ointment, liniment.

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  • Palliative — Pal li*a*tive, n. That which palliates; a palliative agent. Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • palliative — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ relieving pain or alleviating a problem without dealing with the cause. ► NOUN ▪ a palliative remedy or medicine …   English terms dictionary

  • Palliative — Pal li*a*tive, a. [Cf. F. palliatif.] Serving to palliate; serving to extenuate, mitigate, or alleviate. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • palliative — I (abating) adjective allaying, alleviating, alleviative, assuaging, assuasive, beneficial, calmative, consolatory, corrective, curative, easeful, helpful, lenient, drudge, mitigating, mitigative, modifying, modulatory, mollifying, pacifying,… …   Law dictionary

  • palliative — (adj.) 1540s, from M.Fr. palliatif (14c.), from M.L. palliatus (see PALLIATE (Cf. palliate)). As a noun, recorded from 1724 …   Etymology dictionary

  • palliative — [pal′ē āt΄iv, pal′ēə tiv] adj. serving or tending to palliate; specif., a) alleviating b) excusing; extenuating n. a thing that palliates …   English World dictionary

  • palliative — [[t]pæ̱liətɪv, AM eɪt [/t]] palliatives 1) N COUNT A palliative is a drug or medical treatment that relieves suffering without treating the cause of the suffering. 2) N COUNT A palliative is an action that is intended to make the effects of a… …   English dictionary

  • palliative — I. adjective Date: 15th century serving to palliate < palliative surgery > < palliative care > • palliatively adverb II. noun Date: 1724 something that palliates …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • palliative — Reducing the severity of; denoting the alleviation of symptoms without curing the underlying disease. * * * pal·lia·tive pal ē .āt iv, pal yət adj serving to palliate <palliative surgery> pal·lia·tive·ly adv palliative n something that… …   Medical dictionary

  • palliative — ● palliatif, palliative adjectif (latin médiéval palliativus, du bas latin palliatum) palliatif nom masculin (latin médiéval palliativus, du bas latin palliatum) Se dit d un traitement qui n agit pas directement sur la maladie (en particulier un… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • palliative — pal|li|a|tive [ˈpæliətıv US ətıv, eıtıv] n 1.) formal something done to make a bad situation seem better, but which does not solve the problem ▪ short term economic palliatives 2.) medical a medical treatment that will not cure an illness but… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

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