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palliative

2 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. 1) palliative (adjective)
  2. 2) palliative (noun)

1pal·li·a·tive

adj \ˈpa-lē-ˌā-tiv, ˈpal-yə-\

Definition of PALLIATIVE

: serving to palliate <palliative surgery> <palliative care>
— pal·lia·tive·ly adverb
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First Known Use of PALLIATIVE

15th century

Other Medicine Terms

analgesia, angina, diabetes, hepatitis, homeopathy, logorrhea, palliate, pandemic

Rhymes with PALLIATIVE

aggregative, agitative, applicative, carminative, circulative, cogitative, combinative, commutative, connotative, consecrative, consultative, contemplative, copulative, corporative, denotative, dissipative, duplicative, educative, facultative, federative, generative, germinative, gravitative, imitative, implicative, innovative, instigative, integrative, irritative, iterative, legislative, limitative, meditative, meliorative, motivative, nominative, nuncupative, operative, penetrative, procreative, propagative, qualitative, quantitative, recreative, regulative, replicative, separative, terminative, vegetative

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