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palliative meaning in Marathi

उपशामक

UK/ˈpælɪətɪv//ˈpælieɪtɪv/

palliative in Marathi: उपशामक. In English, palliative means serving to palliate; serving to extenuate or mitigate.

Marathi words for palliative

उपशामक

English meaning of palliative

  1. adjective Serving to palliate; serving to extenuate or mitigate.
  2. adjective Minimising the progression of a disease and relieving undesirable symptoms for as long as possible, rather than attempting to cure the (usually incurable) disease.
  3. noun Something that palliates, particularly a palliative medicine.

Full definition of palliative

palliative in a sentence

  • The radiation and chemotherapy were only palliatives.

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Questions about palliative in Marathi

What is the meaning of palliative in Marathi?
Palliative in Marathi is उपशामक.
palliative चा मराठी अर्थ काय आहे?
Palliative: उपशामक.
What does palliative mean in English?
Palliative means serving to palliate; serving to extenuate or mitigate.

Source and license

Marathi words: machine translation by IndicTrans2 (AI4Bharat, MIT license), kept only when it translates back to “palliative”. English meanings adapted from Wiktionary: palliative (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Marathi words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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