palliative

緩和的な

重い病気の治癒よりも、苦痛を和らげ病状を抑えることを目指す。

やさしい英語で： 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.

反対語： curative

よく使う表現： palliative care, palliative treatment, palliative therapy

症状を和らげる、緩和的な

痛みや、病気によるほかの症状を軽くする。

やさしい英語で： 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.

類義語： soothing, relieving

よく使う表現： palliative treatment, palliative effect, palliative medicine

緩和剤、緩和療法

病気そのものを治さずに、その症状を軽くする薬や治療。

やさしい英語で： 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.

類義語： remedy, pain reliever

よく使う表現： a useful palliative, an effective palliative, a temporary palliative, a mild palliative