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| —adj | |
| 1. | serving to palliate; relieving without curing |
| —n | |
| 2. | something that palliates, such as a sedative drug or agent |
| 'palliatively | |
| —adv | |
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Palliative
is always a great word to know.
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| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
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Word Origin & History
palliative
1540s (adj.), from Fr. palliatif (14c.), from M.L. palliatus (see palliate). As a noun, recorded from 1724.
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Medical Dictionary
palliative pal·li·a·tive (pāl'ē-ā'tĭv, -ē-ə-tĭv)
adj.
Relieving or soothing the symptoms of a disease or disorder without effecting a cure.
pal'li·a'tive·ly adv.
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Example sentences
OK, thanks for the palliative language, but the proposed density is triple the oven limit.
Despite the widespread recognition of these facts, actual measures proposed up to this time have been largely palliative.
Nor is the new tax palliative enough of an answer to the unemployment problem.
There is a growing band of physicians in the field of providing palliative care.
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