English-Thai Dictionary

palliative

ADJ ซึ่ง ช่วย บรรเทา  alleviative mitigative intensifying sueng-chuai-ban-tao

 

palliative

N ยา บรรเทา ปวด  alleviation mitigation ya-ban-tao-pued

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PALLIATIVE

a.Extenuating; serving to extenuate by excuses or favorable representation. 1. Mitigating; alleviating; as pain or disease.

 

PALLIATIVE

n.That which extenuates. 1. That which mitigates, alleviates or abates the violence of pain, disease or other evil.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

PALLIATIVE

Pal "li *a *tive, a. Etym: [Cf. F. palliatif. ]

 

Defn: Serving to palliate; serving to extenuate or mitigate.

 

PALLIATIVE

PALLIATIVE Pal "li *a *tive, n.

 

Defn: That which palliates; a palliative agent. Sir W. Scott.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

palliative

pal li a tive |ˈpalēˌātiv, ˈpalēətiv ˈpæljədɪv | ▶adjective (of a treatment or medicine ) relieving pain or alleviating a problem without dealing with the underlying cause: short-term, palliative measures had been taken. ▶noun a remedy, medicine, etc. , of such a kind. DERIVATIVES pal li a tive ly adverb ORIGIN late Middle English (as an adjective ): from French palliatif, -ive or medieval Latin palliativus, from the verb palliare ‘to cloak ’ (see palliate ).

 

palliative care

pal ¦lia |tive care ▶noun [ mass noun ] care for the terminally ill and their families, especially that provided by an organized health service.

 

Oxford Dictionary

palliative

palliative |ˈpalɪətɪv | ▶adjective (of a medicine or medical care ) relieving pain without dealing with the cause of the condition. • (of an action ) intended to alleviate a problem without addressing the underlying cause: short-term palliative measures had been taken. ▶noun a palliative medicine, measure, etc. DERIVATIVES palliatively adverb ORIGIN late Middle English (as an adjective ): from French palliatif, -ive or medieval Latin palliativus, from the verb palliare ‘to cloak ’ (see palliate ).

 

palliative care

pal ¦lia |tive care ▶noun [ mass noun ] care for the terminally ill and their families, especially that provided by an organized health service.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

palliative

palliative adjective palliative medicine: soothing, alleviating, sedative, calmative; for the terminally ill. ▶noun antibiotics and palliatives: painkiller, analgesic, pain reliever, sedative, tranquilizer, anodyne, calmative, opiate, bromide.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

palliative

palliative adjective the role of these drugs is essentially palliative: soothing, alleviating, sedative, calmative, calming; rare alleviative, alleviatory, lenitive, demulcent, assuasive, mitigatory, mitigative, paregoric. ▶noun antibiotics and palliatives: painkiller, analgesic, pain reliever, sedative, tranquillizer, anodyne, calmative, opiate, bromide; rare lenitive, demulcent, mitigative, paregoric.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

palliative

pal li a tive /pǽlièɪtɪv |-ət- /形容詞 (病気 苦痛を )一時的に緩和する, 軽減する ; (罪 過失などの )言い訳になる, 弁解の .名詞 C 1 (病気 苦痛の )緩和剤 ; 姑息 （こそく ）な [一時しのぎの ]手段 .2 言い訳 .