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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.