palliative

From Middle French palliatif, from New Latin *palliativus, from Medieval Latin palliare (“to cloak”), from Latin pallium (“a cloak”).

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈpalɪətɪv/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈpæli.eɪtɪv/, /ˈpæli.ətɪv/

palliative (comparative more palliative, superlative most palliative)

1. Serving to palliate; serving to extenuate or mitigate.
2. (medicine) Minimising the progression of a disease and relieving undesirable symptoms for as long as possible, rather than attempting to cure the (usually incurable) disease.

• palliate
• palliation

palliative (plural palliatives)

1. (medicine) Something that palliates, particularly a palliative medicine.

   The radiation and chemotherapy were only palliatives.

• Palliative care on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

• palliative in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• palliative in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• palliative at OneLook Dictionary Search

palliative

1. feminine singular of palliatif

palliative

1. inflection of palliativ:
   1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
   2. strong nominative/accusative plural
   3. weak nominative all-gender singular
   4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular

palliative

1. feminine plural of palliativo