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palliative::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | alleviant, alleviator |
| Type of | curative, cure, remedy, therapeutic |
palliative::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | alleviative, alleviatory, lenitive, mitigative, mitigatory |
| Derivation | palliate |
Examples of palliative
palliative
Mary's Hospital, Callander was placed in the hospital's palliative care program.
From the timesunion.com
The SHMI measure, on the other hand, does not adjust for palliative care deaths.
From the thisisoxfordshire.co.uk
Lehmberg now works in palliative care, helping ease suffering in dying patients.
From the kentucky.com
Some patients, he says, may see palliative care as a bid to ration health care.
From the tennessean.com
As Alzheimer's disease gets worse, you may want to think about palliative care.
From the orlandosentinel.com
We need to develop programs with palliative care experts to work with families.
From the omaha.com
The palliative team's Thursday meetings had a similar consensus-driven intensity.
From the dallasnews.com
Just nine out of 16 Utah hospitals included in the study offer palliative care.
From the sltrib.com
The palliative care system taking shape provides services where patients need it.
From the buffalonews.com
- Remedy that alleviates pain without curing
- Alleviative: moderating pain or sorrow by making it easier to bear
- (palliation) easing the severity of a pain or a disease without removing the cause
- (palliation) extenuation: to act in such a way as to cause an offense to seem less serious
- Palliative care (from Latin palliare, to cloak) is any form of medical care or treatment that concentrates on reducing the severity of disease symptoms, rather than striving to halt, delay, or reverse progression of the disease itself or provide a cure. ...
- (palliation) The alleviation of a disease's symptoms without a cure; temporary relief
- (Palliation) treatment to alleviate symptoms of a disease.
- (PALLIATION) Treatment given for symptoms caused by a cancer, not necessarily to try to treat the cancer.
- (Palliation (pal ee A shun)) The relief of pain without an intent to cure disease.
