Definition of Palliation. Meaning of Palliation. Synonyms of Palliation

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Definition of Palliation

Palliation
Palliation Pal`li*a"tion, n. [Cf. F. palliation.] 1. The act of palliating, or state of being palliated; extenuation; excuse; as, the palliation of faults, offenses, vices. 2. Mitigation; alleviation, as of a disease. --Bacon. 3. That which cloaks or covers; disguise; also, the state of being covered or disguised. [Obs.]

Meaning of Palliation from wikipedia

- providing context, information, and options for treatment and medical palliation. In the case of critically ill babies, parents are able to parti****te...
- for patients, managing the diagnosis, prognosis, prevention, treatment, palliation of their injury or disease, and promoting their health. Medicine encomp****es...
- is larger. The BTT shunt is used in the first step of the three-stage palliation (the Norwood procedure). While the originally described Blalock–Thomas–Taussig...
- and colleagues in 1981. Variations of the Norwood procedure, or Stage 1 palliation, have been proposed and adopted over the last 30 years; however, its basic...
- of treatment for most isolated, solid cancers and may play a role in palliation and prolongation of survival. It is typically an important part of definitive...
- Ho****e is a type of care and a philosophy of care which focuses on the palliation of a terminally ill patient's symptoms. Foundation for Ho****es in Sub-Saharan...
- Later stages of adenocarcinoma may be treated with surgical resection or palliation. Those with nondysplastic or low-grade dysplasia are managed by annual...
- diagnosis and staging of disease, disease cure, tumour debulking, symptom palliation and patient rehabilitation". Surgical prevention of cancer largely consists...
- that it will recur. Chemotherapy and radiotherapy are commonly used for palliation, where disease is clearly incurable: in this situation the aim is to improve...
- intravenous or intracavity administration of 89Sr may be helpful in the palliation of painful bony metastases, as it allows radiation to be targeted at metastatic...