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Online Medical Dictionary and glossary with medical definitions Palliation: To palliate a disease is to treat it partially and insofar as possible, but not cure it completely. Palliation cloaks a disease. Instead, he had radiotherapy of the tumor: palliation, to slow the progression of local disease, as opposed to a cure.
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Inflected Form(s): pal·li·at·ed; pal·li·at·ing. Etymology: Middle English, from Late Latin palliatus, past participle of palliare to cloak, conceal,
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The relationship between therapeutic recreation and palliation is examined as a treatment modality for the advanced cancer patient. Therapeutic recreation appears to contribute to palliation by providing the dying patient with an opportunity to maintain quality of life through an increased sense of control,
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tr.v. pal·li·at·ed, pal·li·at·ing, pal·li·ates. 1. To make (an offense or crime) seem less serious; extenuate. 2. To make less severe or intense;
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1. To make (an offense or crime) seem less serious; extenuate. 2. To make less severe or intense; mitigate: tried unsuccessfully to palliate the widespread discontent. palliation n...
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Encyclopedia: Palliative care
Palliative care (from Latin palliare, to cloak) is any form of medical care or treatment that concentrates on reducing the severity of disease symptoms, rather than providing a cure. The goal is to pr...
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Use palliation in a Sentence · See web results for palliation · See images of palliation. –verb (used with object), -at⋅ed, -at⋅ing.
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While external beam radiation therapy remains the mainstay of pain palliation of solitary lesions, bone-seeking radiopharmaceuticals have entered the therapeutic armamentarium for the treatment of multiple painful osseous lesions.
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Hutchinson encyclopedia article about palliation. palliation. Information about palliation in the Hutchinson encyclopedia. (redirected from palliation)
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