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palliative(dictionary)
Palliative(health)
palliative(medicine)
palliative(dictionary)
palliative therapy(medicine)
palliative care(medicine)
Palliative Care(health)
Palliative treatment(health)
palliative treatment(medicine)

succinic (medicine) and palliative (medicine)


succinic (medicine)


succinic
<chemistry> Pertaining to, or derived from, amber; specif, designating a dibasic acid, CH.(COH), first obtained by the dry distillation of amber. It is found in a number of plants, as in lettuce and wormwood, and is also produced artificially as a white crystalline substance having a slightly acid taste.

Origin: Cf. F. Succinique. See Succinate.

Source: Websters Dictionary


palliative (medicine)


palliative


1. Affording relief, but not cure.

2. An alleviating medicine.

Origin: L. Palliatus = cloaked