palliative

pal·li·a·tive  (pl-tv, ---tv)

adj.

1. Tending or serving to palliate.

2. Relieving or soothing the symptoms of a disease or disorder without effecting a cure.

n.

One that palliates, especially a palliative drug or medicine.

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palli·ative·ly adv.

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palliative [ˈpælɪətɪv]

adj

serving to palliate; relieving without curing

n

something that palliates, such as a sedative drug or agent

palliatively  adv

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	palliative - remedy that alleviates pain without curing alleviant, alleviator curative, cure, therapeutic, remedy - a medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieve pain
Adj.	1.	palliative - moderating pain or sorrow by making it easier to bear alleviative, alleviatory, lenitive, mitigative, mitigatory moderating - lessening in intensity or strength

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palliative

noun

1. drug, painkiller, sedative, tranquillizer, anodyne, analgesic, demulcent, calmative, lenitive Insulin merely acts as a palliative.

2. temporary measure, stopgap, temporary expedient The loan was a palliative, not a cure, for their financial troubles.

adjective

soothing, calming, mollifying, anodyne, demulcent, calmative, lenitive, mitigatory the importance of palliative care in hospitals

Translations

palliative [ˈpælɪətɪv]

A. ADJ → paliativo, lenitivo

B. N → paliativo m, lenitivo m

palliative [ˈpæliətɪv] n

(= drug, treatment) → palliatif m

(to problem) → palliatif m
a palliative to sth → un palliatif à qch

palliative (form)

adj drug, remedy, effect → lindernd; explanation → beschönigend

n → Linderungsmittel nt, → Palliativ(um) nt

palliative [ˈpælɪətɪv] n → palliativo