palliative

IPA(Pronunciation)

Noun

(medicine) Something that palliates, particularly a palliative medicine.

Japanese Meaning

（医療）症状の緩和を目的として用いられる医薬品。特に緩和療法で使用される薬剤。

The doctor prescribed a palliative to relieve the patient's severe pain.

医師は患者の激しい痛みを和らげるために緩和薬を処方した。

Sense（1）

(medicine) Something that palliates, particularly a palliative medicine.

The radiation and chemotherapy were only palliatives.

palliatives

（ plural ）