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Palliative describes a treatment or action that makes symptoms feel better or reduces suffering, without the actual cause of the problem. In medicine, "palliative care" is care given to someone who is very seriously ill, especially near the end of life, focused on comfort rather than trying to cure the illness.
緩和的、舒緩的；palliative care：安寧照護、緩和醫療
組成From Latin palliare, "to cover with a cloak," from pallium, a cloak — the idea of covering pain up rather than curing it.
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palliativeadj/ˈpælɪətɪv/
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Serving to palliate; serving to extenuate or mitigate.
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medicinesciencesMinimising the progression of a disease and relieving undesirable symptoms for as long as possible, rather than attempting to cure the (usually incurable) disease.
palliativenoun/ˈpælɪətɪv/
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medicinesciencesSomething that palliates, particularly a palliative medicine.
- The radiation and chemotherapy were only palliatives.
- Mary heard with sorrow, and fear also, of the projected journey; but the altered expression of Isabella's countenance was a great palliative—dreadful as it was that her husband should love another...
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。