Palliative
adjective
Something meant to make a bad situation seem better but does not solve the problem.
He offered a palliative solution to the ongoing conflict.
Often appears as...
- palliative measures
- palliative care
Usage tips
Formal
Academic
noun
A medicine or treatment that reduces pain or sickness but does not cure the disease.
The doctor suggested palliative care for the terminally ill patent.
Often appears as...
- palliative chemotherapy
- therapeutic palliative
Usage tips
Technical
adjective
Something meant to make a bad situation seem better but does not solve the problem.
He offered a palliative solution to the ongoing conflict.
Often appears as...
- palliative measures
- palliative care
Usage tips
Formal
Academic
noun
A medicine or treatment that reduces pain or sickness but does not cure the disease.
The doctor suggested palliative care for the terminally ill patent.
Often appears as...
- palliative chemotherapy
- therapeutic palliative
Usage tips
Technical
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Temporary Fix
Used when a solution eases a problem but won't fix it permanently.
Debt forgiveness can be a palliative action that gives temporary relief.
Pro Tip 2/3Not a Cure
Stresses that it doesn't completely remedy the underlying issue.
Government grants act as a palliative rather than a solution to economic crises.
Pro Tip 3/3Soothing Effect
Highlights temporary relief of tension or conflict.
His calming words were merely palliative, leaving the deeper issues unaddressed.
Pro Tip 1/3Temporary Fix
Used when a solution eases a problem but won't fix it permanently.
Debt forgiveness can be a palliative action that gives temporary relief.
Pro Tip 2/3Not a Cure
Stresses that it doesn't completely remedy the underlying issue.
Government grants act as a palliative rather than a solution to economic crises.
Pro Tip 3/3Soothing Effect
Highlights temporary relief of tension or conflict.
His calming words were merely palliative, leaving the deeper issues unaddressed.
Pro Tip 1/3Temporary Fix
Used when a solution eases a problem but won't fix it permanently.
Debt forgiveness can be a palliative action that gives temporary relief.
Pro Tip 2/3Not a Cure
Stresses that it doesn't completely remedy the underlying issue.
Government grants act as a palliative rather than a solution to economic crises.
Pro Tip 3/3Soothing Effect
Highlights temporary relief of tension or conflict.
His calming words were merely palliative, leaving the deeper issues unaddressed.
Never forget "Palliative"
Humans forget easily. That's why you should download WordUp: Smart reminders, word games, AI practice, and much more!
Video examples
Could a drug prevent...
and you actually never get the infection, which is very different from, say, our treatments. Right? In that case, you get the infection, you're exposed to the bacteria, you're sick, and then you take, say, an antibiotic which cures it, and those drugs are actually working to kill the bacteria. Or similar to as I said before, with this palliative,
Video examples
What really matters at...
True to the tenets of palliative care, I function as something of a reflective advocate, as much as prescribing physician. Quick palliative care -- a very important field but poorly understood -- while it includes, it is not limited to end of life care. It is not limited to hospice.
Video examples
A new way to diagnose...
effortlessly this is our body wisdom is not something that is mediated by a language our body just knows that and we've known that for a long time and this is not something that happens to humans only it happens to some of our palliative cousins because if you're a
Video examples
A doctor's case for...
what they need, is why, as healthcare providers, we're here. Asking patients about their hopes, their fears, their goals and preferences. As a palliative care provider, I ask all my patients what they're hoping for and what they're afraid of. But here's the thing.
Video examples
What makes life worth...
Paul's oncologist tailored his chemo so he could continue working as a neurosurgeon, which initially we thought was totally impossible. When the cancer advanced and Paul shifted from surgery to writing, his palliative care doctor prescribed a stimulant medication
Video examples
National Geographic...
amber yeah amber was our leader on this trip this was her sort of brainchild but I think amber cray-1 the best expedition leaders that of being with some of these amazing palliative skills you know everything from a remote medicine to
Video examples
Holly Morris: Why stay...
How could this be? Here's a Could it be that those ties to ancestral soil, the soft variables reflected in their aphorisms, actually affect longevity? The power of motherland so fundamental to that part of the world seems palliative.
Video examples
A video game to cope...
who had fought so bravely, was done fighting and could rest now, forever. Fortunately, I never did have to finish that bedtime story. My children outgrew it. Joel responded better than anyone expected to palliative treatment,
Video examples
My mother's final wish...
She was fighting for her life to end, for her right to die. In hospice and palliative care, there are three main focus areas for support.
Video examples
What we can do to die...
While Harold's time was limited, palliative care's is not. Palliative care is a paradigm from diagnosis through the end of life.
Video examples
Could a drug prevent...
and you actually never get the infection, which is very different from, say, our treatments. Right? In that case, you get the infection, you're exposed to the bacteria, you're sick, and then you take, say, an antibiotic which cures it, and those drugs are actually working to kill the bacteria. Or similar to as I said before, with this palliative,
Video examples
What really matters at...
True to the tenets of palliative care, I function as something of a reflective advocate, as much as prescribing physician. Quick palliative care -- a very important field but poorly understood -- while it includes, it is not limited to end of life care. It is not limited to hospice.
Video examples
A new way to diagnose...
effortlessly this is our body wisdom is not something that is mediated by a language our body just knows that and we've known that for a long time and this is not something that happens to humans only it happens to some of our palliative cousins because if you're a
Video examples
A doctor's case for...
what they need, is why, as healthcare providers, we're here. Asking patients about their hopes, their fears, their goals and preferences. As a palliative care provider, I ask all my patients what they're hoping for and what they're afraid of. But here's the thing.
Video examples
What makes life worth...
Paul's oncologist tailored his chemo so he could continue working as a neurosurgeon, which initially we thought was totally impossible. When the cancer advanced and Paul shifted from surgery to writing, his palliative care doctor prescribed a stimulant medication
Video examples
National Geographic...
amber yeah amber was our leader on this trip this was her sort of brainchild but I think amber cray-1 the best expedition leaders that of being with some of these amazing palliative skills you know everything from a remote medicine to
Video examples
Holly Morris: Why stay...
How could this be? Here's a Could it be that those ties to ancestral soil, the soft variables reflected in their aphorisms, actually affect longevity? The power of motherland so fundamental to that part of the world seems palliative.
Video examples
A video game to cope...
who had fought so bravely, was done fighting and could rest now, forever. Fortunately, I never did have to finish that bedtime story. My children outgrew it. Joel responded better than anyone expected to palliative treatment,
Video examples
My mother's final wish...
She was fighting for her life to end, for her right to die. In hospice and palliative care, there are three main focus areas for support.
Video examples
What we can do to die...
While Harold's time was limited, palliative care's is not. Palliative care is a paradigm from diagnosis through the end of life.
Example 1 of 10
Quote examples
Chinmayi
Indian Musician
Few years ago when I visited a palliative care centre in Chennai for the first time, it completely moved me. It's an emotionally draining experience. I saw and met patients who were abandoned by their families, and there is complete sense of hopelessness. Ever since, I have been a supporter for the need for funding and awareness of palliative care.
Quote examples
Laura Wade
British Playwright
I am interested in the way advances in medicine and palliative care mean more people now have the opportunity to plan their own deaths, and also plan for those who are left behind. What does that do to the grieving process?
Quote examples
Kate Middleton
English Royalty
I have learned that delivering the best possible palliative care to children is vital, providing children and their families with a place of support, care and enhancement at a time of great need is simply life-changing.
Quote examples
Joseph Stiglitz
American Economist
Trump has been criticized by mainstream Republicans for not really being one of them. But he is definitely one of them when it comes to the central palliative for any ill befalling the country: a tax cut for the rich.
Quote examples
Jess Phillips
British Politician
I have felt the force of what governments can do. I remember my elder son being in the first cohort of kids who got a free nursery place, I remember the palliative care my mother got at home as I watched her die.
Quote examples
Owen Jones
British Journalist
Britain's end-of-life and palliative care services are a national travesty. That a public debate on this crisis is so sorely lacking has much to do with our fear of confronting dying and death.
Quote examples
Steven Weber
American Actor
I've rarely gotten a good review in my life, yet, to paraphrase Noel Coward, I am happy to console myself with the bitter palliative of commercial success.
Quote examples
Peter De Vries
American Novelist
Confession is good for the soul only in the sense that a tweed coat is good for dandruff - it is a palliative rather than a remedy.
Quote examples
Nicola Sturgeon
Scottish Politician
I believe we should support people to live, and I am therefore in favour of good quality palliative care.
Quote examples
Judy Gold
American Comedian
Comedy is the most palliative way to make a point. People are more willing to listen if they can laugh.
Quote examples
Chinmayi
Indian Musician
Few years ago when I visited a palliative care centre in Chennai for the first time, it completely moved me. It's an emotionally draining experience. I saw and met patients who were abandoned by their families, and there is complete sense of hopelessness. Ever since, I have been a supporter for the need for funding and awareness of palliative care.
Quote examples
Laura Wade
British Playwright
I am interested in the way advances in medicine and palliative care mean more people now have the opportunity to plan their own deaths, and also plan for those who are left behind. What does that do to the grieving process?
Quote examples
Kate Middleton
English Royalty
I have learned that delivering the best possible palliative care to children is vital, providing children and their families with a place of support, care and enhancement at a time of great need is simply life-changing.
Quote examples
Joseph Stiglitz
American Economist
Trump has been criticized by mainstream Republicans for not really being one of them. But he is definitely one of them when it comes to the central palliative for any ill befalling the country: a tax cut for the rich.
Quote examples
Jess Phillips
British Politician
I have felt the force of what governments can do. I remember my elder son being in the first cohort of kids who got a free nursery place, I remember the palliative care my mother got at home as I watched her die.
Quote examples
Owen Jones
British Journalist
Britain's end-of-life and palliative care services are a national travesty. That a public debate on this crisis is so sorely lacking has much to do with our fear of confronting dying and death.
Quote examples
Steven Weber
American Actor
I've rarely gotten a good review in my life, yet, to paraphrase Noel Coward, I am happy to console myself with the bitter palliative of commercial success.
Quote examples
Peter De Vries
American Novelist
Confession is good for the soul only in the sense that a tweed coat is good for dandruff - it is a palliative rather than a remedy.
Quote examples
Nicola Sturgeon
Scottish Politician
I believe we should support people to live, and I am therefore in favour of good quality palliative care.
Quote examples
Judy Gold
American Comedian
Comedy is the most palliative way to make a point. People are more willing to listen if they can laugh.
Example 1 of 10
WordUp Chrome Extension
As you browse the web instantly look up words you don’t know.
Get Chrome Extension