palliative

palliatif

Qui vise à soulager la souffrance et à maîtriser une maladie grave plutôt qu’à la guérir.

En anglais simple : Aimed at easing suffering and controlling serious illness rather than curing it.

• Her father receives palliative care at home.
• The team discussed palliative treatment with the family.
• Palliative therapy helped him stay comfortable as the disease progressed.

Contraires : curative

Expressions courantes : palliative care, palliative treatment, palliative therapy

palliatif

Qui atténue la douleur ou d’autres effets d’une maladie.

En anglais simple : Making pain or other effects of an illness less severe.

• The medicine has a palliative effect.
• She received palliative treatment for the pain.
• These palliative measures made his breathing easier.

Synonymes : soothing, relieving

Expressions courantes : palliative treatment, palliative effect, palliative medicine

palliatif

Médicament ou traitement qui atténue les effets d’une maladie sans la guérir.

En anglais simple : A medicine or treatment that eases the effects of an illness without curing it.

• The drug serves as a palliative.
• Doctors offered a palliative for her persistent pain.
• These treatments are palliatives rather than cures.

Synonymes : remedy, pain reliever

Expressions courantes : a useful palliative, an effective palliative, a temporary palliative, a mild palliative