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medical 醫學 a medicine or medical treatment that reduces pain without curing its cause 治標藥物；緩解劑；治標措施；保守療法 Aromatherapy can be used as a palliative. 芳香療法可以用作姑息療法。
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an action, a decision, etc. that is designed to make a difficult situation seem better without actually solving the cause of the problems 權宜之計；消極措施；緩沖劑 Grants by themselves provide little more than a temporary palliative to ailing industries. 贈款本身只能爲境況不佳的行業提供暫時的緩解手段。
Word Originlate Middle English (as an adjective): from French palliatif, -ive or medieval Latin palliativus, from the verb palliare ‘to cloak’, from pallium ‘cloak’.