paliatif
التعريفات والمعاني
== Indonesian ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Dutch palliatief, from English palliative, from Middle French palliatif, from New Latin *palliātīvus, from Medieval Latin palliō (“to cloak”), from Latin pallium (“a cloak”).
=== Pronunciation ===
(Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /paliˈatif/ [pa.liˈa.t̪ɪf]
Rhymes: -atif
Syllabification: pa‧li‧a‧tif
=== Adjective ===
paliatif (comparative lebih paliatif, superlative paling paliatif)
(medicine) palliative: minimising the progression of a disease and relieving undesirable symptoms for as long as possible, rather than attempting to cure the (usually incurable) disease
=== Noun ===
paliatif (plural paliatif-paliatif)
(medicine) palliative: something that palliates, particularly a palliative medicine
=== Further reading ===
“paliatif”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016