一个单词

我正在读丹尼尔-理薄尔曼的《人体的故事》(2013)。学了一个词, palliative。
在此与大家分享。原文

According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the original
meaning of the word “palliative” (first used in the fifteenth
century) was to refer to care that “relieves the symptoms of a
disease or condition without dealing with the underlying
cause.”

大意就是治标不治本。

所有跟帖： 

• 可以理解为消极（治疗）。大多用于癌症病人，比如 -恶俗老狼- ♂ (195 bytes) () 12/09/2014 postreply 10:33:32

• 消极治疗措施比不治疗好一点, -Lilac2003- ♀ (30 bytes) () 12/09/2014 postreply 10:39:52

• So that word is not necessarily negative. -7grizzly- ♀ (0 bytes) () 12/09/2014 postreply 11:01:15

• 前些日子听了一个pilliative care的报告，是关于癌症晚期病人的。有人训练一些非医疗专业人员，来帮助癌症晚期病人，提供 -吃与活- ♂ (335 bytes) () 12/09/2014 postreply 10:46:57

• 激光毁毛囊sounds bloody ;-)) -7grizzly- ♀ (0 bytes) () 12/09/2014 postreply 11:00:20

• Good point. It seems so ... -7grizzly- ♀ (0 bytes) () 12/09/2014 postreply 12:30:15

• 不认同你的理解。这种治疗的中文名称应该是临终关怀，安息疗法，其特点应该是停止一切传统的医学治疗方法，手术，化疗和射疗。 -happycow222- ♂ (0 bytes) () 12/09/2014 postreply 11:25:20

• Tell that to the dictionary ;-) -7grizzly- ♀ (0 bytes) () 12/09/2014 postreply 11:35:17

• Or to translate.google.com -7grizzly- ♀ (0 bytes) () 12/09/2014 postreply 11:36:30

• But I see your point. -7grizzly- ♀ (0 bytes) () 12/09/2014 postreply 11:41:31

• 化疗在晚期癌症的姑息治疗比较少用，但手术和放疗还是有其应用价值的。 -恶俗老狼- ♂ (133 bytes) () 12/09/2014 postreply 11:45:24

• Thank you all. That word is committed to my active vocabulary ;- -7grizzly- ♀ (0 bytes) () 12/09/2014 postreply 11:50:01