Alleviator

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al·le·vi·ate (

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tr.v. al·le·vi·at·ed, al·le·vi·at·ing, al·le·vi·ates

To make (pain, for example) more bearable: a drug that alleviates cold symptoms. See Synonyms at relieve.

[Middle English alleviaten, from Late Latin allevire, allevit-, to lighten : Latin ad-, ad- + levis, light; see leg^wh- in Indo-European roots.]

al·levi·ation n.

al·levi·ator n.

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Noun	1.	alleviator - a therapist who makes suffering more endurable healer, therapist - a person skilled in a particular type of therapy
	2.	alleviator - remedy that alleviates pain without curing alleviant, palliative curative, cure, therapeutic, remedy - a medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieve pain

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