| 单词 | palliation |
| 释义 | palliation (once / 12521 pages) n Patients with terminal diseases usually need palliation. It's a kind of care that makes you feel better, even though it can't cure you. The noun palliation is used by doctors, nurses, or hospice workers who try to make their patients more comfortable, often because their illnesses are incurable. You can also use the word to talk about anything that eases someone's pain or anxiety, like a funny movie that distracts your grandmother from her worries. The Latin root word is palliat, or "cloaked," and palliation does in a sense cloak or mask a person's pain. WORD FAMILYpalliation: palliations+/palliate: palliated, palliates, palliating, palliation, palliative/palliative: palliatives USAGE EXAMPLESFor them, a shift in that goal, toward palliation, occurs only when the leukemia has proven to be dogged in its resistance to our assaults. New York Times(Aug 20, 2015) This recognition allows patients to halt toxic treatment, opt for effective palliation and articulate their goals for the end of life. The Guardian(Jul 25, 2015) “There is no ‘race for the palliation,’” said Dr. Michael Levy, MD, PhD of Fox-Chase Cancer Center, a palliative care specialist. Forbes(Oct 24, 2014) 1n easing the severity of a pain or a disease without removing the cause Hyper alleviation, easement, easing, relief the act of reducing something unpleasant (as pain or annoyance) 2n to act in such a way as to cause an offense to seem less serious Syn|Hyper extenuation, mitigation decrease, diminution, reduction, step-down the act of decreasing or reducing something |
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