palliative

• Qui se rapporte à un traitement visant à soulager ou à atténuer les symptômes d'une maladie ou d'un état sans le guérir.

Relating to treatment that relieves or soothes the symptoms of a disease or condition without curing it.

1. Relieving symptomsC1formalmedical

   Designed to relieve or reduce the severity of pain, symptoms, or distress without curing the underlying cause.

   palliatif

   • The patient received palliative care to manage his chronic pain.
   • Palliative treatments focus on improving quality of life.
   • She found the medication to be palliative, not curative.

   Synonymesalleviativeanalgesicanodynelenitivemitigativesedativesoothing

   Antonymescurativeremedialrestorative

2. C1formal

   Providing temporary relief from a problem or difficulty, without addressing the root cause.

   Soulagement temporaire

   • The new policy was merely a palliative measure for the economic crisis.
   • His apology was a palliative gesture that did not solve the underlying issue.
   • The government's palliative actions failed to calm public unrest.

   Synonymesalleviativemakeshiftmitigativesoothingstopgaptemporary

   Antonymescurativedefinitivepermanentradicalroot

• Moyen ou traitement qui soulage la douleur ou les symptômes sans traiter la cause sous-jacente de la maladie.

A remedy or treatment that alleviates pain or symptoms without curing the underlying condition.

1. Pain relief remedyC1formalmedical

   A remedy or treatment that reduces the severity of symptoms or pain without addressing the underlying cause.

   Traitement palliatif

   • The doctor prescribed a palliative to ease her chronic back pain.
   • Morphine is often used as a palliative for terminal cancer patients.
   • Some herbal teas act as a mild palliative for digestive discomfort.

   Synonymesalleviativeanalgesicanodyneassuasivelenitivemitigativepainkiller

   Antonymescurativeremedytreatment