3syllables
palliative
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Definitions ofpalliative
1noun
- Something that palliates, particularly a palliative medicine.
Example: "The radiation and chemotherapy were only palliatives."
1adjective
- Serving 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.
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