0 past simple and past participle of ameliorate
1 to make a bad or unpleasant situation better:
We believe that this problem may be partially ameliorated by considering possible heterotypic continuity in the manifestation of borderline pathology across development.
Their low incomes could be ameliorated by public assistance or family support, but both are also 'burdens ' on the next cohort.
We may have ameliorated the diseases of childhood, but we have replaced them with the sicknesses of middle and old age.
The transition benefits significantly ameliorated the adverse effects of the plan changes.
These side effects can often be ameliorated by adjusting the daily dosage schedule.
The results showed that academic remediation ameliorated both academic skills and social performance, whereas the social intervention produced gains that were far more limited.
Temporal processing deficits of language-learning impaired children ameliorated by training.
A developmental psychopathology perspective also has implications for understanding through what process or processes children's early problematic behavior is ameliorated or maintained.
