palliative

palliativ

Darauf ausgerichtet, Leiden zu lindern und eine schwere Krankheit unter Kontrolle zu halten, statt sie zu heilen.

In einfachem Englisch: 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.

Gegenteile: curative

Häufige Wendungen: palliative care, palliative treatment, palliative therapy

lindernd, palliativ

Der Schmerzen oder andere Folgen einer Krankheit abschwächt.

In einfachem Englisch: 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.

Synonyme: soothing, relieving

Häufige Wendungen: palliative treatment, palliative effect, palliative medicine

Palliativmittel

Medikament oder Behandlung, die Krankheitsbeschwerden lindert, ohne die Krankheit zu heilen.

In einfachem Englisch: 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.

Synonyme: remedy, pain reliever

Häufige Wendungen: a useful palliative, an effective palliative, a temporary palliative, a mild palliative