palliative | ||
1. | [ adjective ] moderating pain or sorrow by making it easier to bear | |
Synonyms: | alleviatory lenitive mitigative mitigatory alleviative | |
Related terms: | moderating | |
2. | [ noun ] (medicine,pharmacology) remedy that alleviates pain without curing | |
Synonyms: | alleviator alleviant | |
Related terms: | remedy relieve | |
Similar spelling: |
pallid_bat |