palliative
Serving to palliate; serving to extenuate or mitigateServing to palliate; serving to extenuate or mitigate.
» She was a palliative care nurse until her retirement.
Bis zu ihrem Ruhestand war sie Krankenschwester in der Palliativmedizin.
Meaning
2 sensesServing to palliate; serving to extenuate or mitigate.
Minimising the progression of a disease and relieving undesirable symptoms for as long as possible, rather than attempting to cure the (usually incurable) disease.
palliativ, beschönigend, lindernd
паллиати́вныйpalliatívnyj
паліати́внийpaliatývnyj
- moderating pain or sorrow by making it easier to bear
Examples
3 sentencesShe was a palliative care nurse until her retirement.
deBis zu ihrem Ruhestand war sie Krankenschwester in der Palliativmedizin.
I need palliative care.
ruЯ нуждаюсь в паллиативном лечении.
Living is a sickness that sleep relieves every sixteen hours. It's a palliative. Death is the cure.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle French palliatif, from New Latin *palliātīvus, from Medieval Latin palliō (“toFrom Middle French palliatif, from New Latin *palliātīvus, from Medieval Latin palliō (“to cloak”), from Latin pallium (“a cloak”).
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Forms
more palliative, most palliative| Comparative | more palliative Lesson |
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| Superlative | most palliative Lesson |
regular
Synonyms
5 synonyms- moderating pain or sorrow by making it easier to bear:alleviativealleviatorylenitivemitigativemitigatory
Word family
6 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form