palliative (adj.)

relieving pain without curing

Examples

• Palliative care.

Key rules

• Palliative means relieving pain and symptoms without curing
• Palliative care, palliative treatment
• Palliate is the verb

Common mistakes

• The care is palliative for the patient → The care is palliative
• Palliative for the pain → Palliative treatment for the pain

Use cases

• Medical care
• End-of-life discussions
• Health services