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palliativeIn medicine, any treatment given to relieve symptoms rather than to cure the underlying cause. In conditions that will resolve of their own accord (for instance, the common cold) or that are incurable, the entire treatment may be palliative. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Edgar Caswall again tortured his brain to find any antidote or palliative of this greater evil than before. The hope, if I could only live long enough, of increasing it to a certain sum, has impelled me to resist the disease by such palliative means as I could devise. My own imperfect health has induced me to give some attention to those palliative resources which the divine mercy has placed within our reach. |
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