0 (of a drug or medical treatment) reducing pain without curing the cause of the pain: --
Older people facing a terminal illness may want to choose palliative care only.
The success of chemotherapy as a form of palliative treatment depends on the type of tumour.
Short-term, palliative measures were taken which gave the appearance that the problems were being addressed.
Some of the palliative strategies do not make sense.
1 a drug or medical treatment that reduces pain without curing the cause of the pain: --
Most of the AIDS research community were either working on vaccines for prevention or on stronger palliatives.
The substance has been consumed as a palliative by indigenous groups in Appalachia.
We want long-term solutions, not short-term palliatives.
Knitting became a palliative for Mary as the long miserable days stretched out ahead.
We can complete it step by step however long the road is and it can't be completed however short the road is if you don't even mark your footprint.
We kunnen het stap voor stap voltooien, hoe lang de weg ook is en het kan niet worden voltooid, hoe kort de weg ook is, als je niet eens je voetafdruk markeert.