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English word palliative comes from Latin pallium (Cloak. Coverlet.)

pallium (Latin)

Cloak. Coverlet.

palliare (Malayalam)

palliatif (Middle French)

palliative (English)

(medicine) Something that palliates, particularly a palliative medicine. (medicine) Minimising the progression of a disease and relieving undesirable symptoms for as long as possible, rather than attempting to cure the (usually incurable) disease.. Serving to palliate; serving to extenuate or mitigate.

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