Medical Dictionary

alleviative

adj al·le·vi·a·tive \ə-ˈlē-vē-ˌāt-iv\

Medical Definition of ALLEVIATIVE

:  tending to alleviate :  palliative <a medicine that is alleviative but not curative>

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