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palliative
adjective as in corrective
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adjective as in emollient
adjective as in reformative
adjective as in soothing
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noun as in alcohol
noun as in alleviation
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- salving
noun as in balm
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noun as in justification
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noun as in lotion
noun as in mitigating circumstances
noun as in palliation
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- abatement
- alleviation
- amelioration
- appeasement
- assistance
- assuagement
- balm
- break
- breather
- cheer
- comfort
- consolation
- contentment
- cure
- deliverance
- diversion
- ease
- easement
- extrication
- fix
- hand
- happiness
- help
- letup
- lift
- lightening
- maintenance
- mitigation
- mollification
- refreshment
- release
- remission
- reprieve
- respite
- rest
- restfulness
- satisfaction
- softening
- solace
- succor
- support
- sustenance
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noun as in relief
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noun as in saving grace
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Follow-up scans initially showed no evidence of cancer but later tests discovered the tumour was growing back and he is now receiving palliative care at home.
He eventually needed 24/7 palliative care before he died at the age of 54, in 2016.
Its therapeutic benefits are increasingly recognised in palliative and end of life care.
After Mr Jo was admitted to ICU and then palliative care, Ms Lee began to "unravel" and came to believe it was best if they all died together, Ms Smith said.
Consultants eventually referred the grandfather for palliative care, firstly at home - where he was prescribed heavy dosages of morphine by the local health centre - and then at Borders General Hospital from 15 May 2023.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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