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palliate

to make a disease or its symptoms less severe without curing

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Six example sentences with palliate, each labelled with its topic.

  • The ward used warm compresses to palliate the swelling, knowing the underlying joint damage still required surgery later.

    Medicine

  • The health committee funded a program to palliate symptoms in rural districts while a treatment center is still years away.

    Politics

  • The rehabilitation program used gentle cycling to palliate the stiffness that followed a long illness, without touching its cause.

    Fitness

  • Medieval physicians could only palliate the fever with cool cloths and willow bark, since its cause was unknown.

    History

  • The compound seemed to palliate the tremor in mice, easing the shaking for hours without slowing the disease itself.

    Science

  • Breathing exercises can palliate the racing heart of a panic attack, though they do not touch what triggers the attacks.

    Psychology

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