PALLIATIVE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does palliative mean? 

• PALLIATIVE (noun)
  The noun PALLIATIVE has 1 sense:

1. remedy that alleviates pain without curing

  Familiarity information: PALLIATIVE used as a noun is very rare.

• PALLIATIVE (adjective)
  The adjective PALLIATIVE has 1 sense:

1. moderating pain or sorrow by making it easier to bear

  Familiarity information: PALLIATIVE used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PALLIATIVE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Remedy that alleviates pain without curing

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

alleviant; alleviator; palliative

Hypernyms ("palliative" is a kind of...):

curative; cure; remedy; therapeutic (a medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieve pain)

Derivation:

palliative (moderating pain or sorrow by making it easier to bear)

• PALLIATIVE (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Moderating pain or sorrow by making it easier to bear

Synonyms:

alleviative; alleviatory; lenitive; mitigative; mitigatory; palliative

Similar:

moderating (lessening in intensity or strength)

Derivation:

palliate (provide physical relief, as from pain)

palliative (remedy that alleviates pain without curing)

 Context examples 

Palliative cancer therapies are given together with other cancer treatments, from the time of diagnosis, through treatment, survivorship, recurrent or advanced disease, and at the end of life.

(Palliative therapy, NCI Dictionary)

Radiation therapy given as palliative treatment to a patient with metastatic cancer.

(Palliative Radiation Therapy for Metastatic Cancer, NCI Thesaurus)

Nursing specialized in providing palliative care.

(Palliative Care Nursing, NCI Thesaurus)

Nursing specialized in providing palliative care for terminally ill patients.

(Hospice Nursing, NCI Thesaurus)

Palliative care is treatment of the discomfort, symptoms, and stress of serious illness.

(Palliative Care, NIH: National Institute of Nursing Research)

Used in the palliative therapy of prostate cancer.

(Estramustine, NCI Dictionary)

Dental procedures to treat disease or injury to the tooth pulp, and may include palliative treatment.

(Endodontic Treatment, NCI Thesaurus)

A defined set of diagnostic tests, treatments, and other interventions (including palliative care) for different types and stages of cancer.

(Clinical Pathway, NCI Thesaurus)

Also called palliative care, supportive care, and symptom management.

(Comfort care, NCI Dictionary)

A self-report assessment tool to screen for the intensity of nine symptoms commonly experienced by cancer patients in palliative care.

(Edmonton Symptom Assessment System, NCI Thesaurus)