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palliative [′pal·ē·əd·iv] (pharmacology) Having a soothing or relieving quality. A drug that soothes or relieves symptoms of a disease. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Edgar Caswall again tortured his brain to find any antidote or palliative of this greater evil than before. The hope, if I could only live long enough, of increasing it to a certain sum, has impelled me to resist the disease by such palliative means as I could devise. My own imperfect health has induced me to give some attention to those palliative resources which the divine mercy has placed within our reach. |
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