English-Portuguese translations for palliative

  • paliativoEstas medidas são um paliativo. These measures are palliative. Excepto uma vaga ajuda transitória, em jeito de cuidados paliativos. Except vague transitional aid, like palliative care. Nesses casos, a utilização da máquina não é um paliativo. In such cases, using machines is no palliative.
  • paliativaNão queremos propostas paliativas como a chamada "punção". We do not want palliative proposals such as 'pricking'. A política comum das pescas deverá deixar de ser concebida numa perspectiva paliativa ou de eutanásia.The Common Fisheries Policy must no longer be conceived as a form of palliative or euthanasia. Contudo, quero frisar que o problema do emprego na Europa não será resolvido com medidas paliativas tomadas caso a caso. I would, however, like to point out that Europe's employment problem will not be solved by palliative measures taken on a case-by-case basis.

Definition of palliative

  • Serving to palliate; serving to extenuate or mitigate
  • Something that palliates, particularly a palliative medicine

Examples

  • The radiation and chemotherapy were only palliatives.

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