🇫🇷French Source WordCode: FR

palliatif

Pronunciation / Transliteration: palliatif

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Palliative/ˈpæliətɪv/
nounadjectiveCEFR C1 (Advanced)Top #14250 frequency
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🇫🇷 Example Sentence in French:

"Les soins palliatifs offrent un soutien essentiel aux patients en fin de vie."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A medicine or medical care that relieves pain without dealing with the cause of the condition.

    "The doctor prescribed a palliative to ease her chronic suffering."
As adjective
  1. 1

    (Of a medicine or medical care) relieving pain or alleviating a problem without curing the underlying cause.

    "He was admitted to the hospital for palliative care."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Late Middle English: from late Latin palliativ- 'cloaked, mitigated', from the verb palliare (from pallium 'cloak').

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