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Definition of palliative
: serving to palliate palliative surgery palliative care palliative drugs
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Recent Examples of palliative from the Web
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His concern reflected a long-standing ethical debate about when palliative care is more appropriate for terminally ill children — a debate that can be even more acute in a Catholic hospital.
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But day after day, person after person, small acts of decency can have a cumulative effect — and a palliative effect for those already under siege.
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Studies suggest that palliative care -- which focuses on quality of life in people with serious illness and their caregivers -- improves patients' understanding of their disease.
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If no such substantive request is brought to the court by Monday night, the provisional order will be lifted and doctors will be allowed to withdraw Charlie’s life support and provide only palliative care.
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On May 27, Seich ceased receiving cancer treatment and began palliative care.
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The man enrolled in hospice, a form of palliative care for terminally ill patients.
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Interest is growing among doctors: One hundred forty-nine emergency physicians have become certified in palliative care since that option became available just over a decade ago, and others are working closely with palliative care teams.
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New products continue to come onto the market that aim to provide the palliative effects of marijuana without the high.
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First Known Use of palliative
15th century
Examples of palliative in a Sentence
The disease has no cure, but a number of palliatives exist.
Travel is like a palliative against depression for him.
symbolic palliatives for inner-city troubles
Recent Examples of palliative from the Web
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The association excluded claims from members with cancer and those enrolled in hospice or palliative care.
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The American Society of Clinical Oncology, the country's largest group of cancer specialists, now recommends that everyone with advanced cancer receive palliative care within eight weeks of diagnosis.
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Dignity therapy has gained traction in recent years as hospitals, hospice organizations and palliative care centers look for drug-free ways to pacify patients.
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Critics say they are concerned that the option will lead to hasty decisions, misdiagnosis and waning support for palliative care, in which dying people can be sedated to relieve suffering.
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Now Ouchi and others are trying to come up with systematic ways to identify which patients could benefit from palliative care.
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Disabled people in wheelchairs were lifted too, their hands reaching out to the passing holy figure — proximity as palliative.
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Almost certainly at the bottom, too, but not evaluated in the compensation survey: geriatricians, palliative-care physicians, and headache specialists.
These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'palliative'. Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
First Known Use of palliative
1656
PALLIATIVE Defined for English Language Learners
palliative
Definition of palliative for English Language Learners
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medical : something that reduces the effects or symptoms of a medical condition without curing it
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: something that is intended to make a bad situation seem better but that does not really improve the situation
Medical Dictionary
Medical Definition of palliative
: reducing the severity of a disease or condition without curing it : providing palliative care palliative treatment Although valve replacement is an important advance in the treatment of patients with valve disease, it is a palliative rather than a curative procedure.—Robert A. O'Rourke, The Journal of the American Medical Association, 13 Aug. 1982
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Medical Definition of palliative
: something that reduces the severity of a disease or condition without curing it
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