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  1. A palliative in medicine, is any treatment 
  2. given to relieve symptoms rather than to cure 
  3. the underlying cause. In conditions that will 
  4. resolve of their own accord (for instance, 
  5. the common cold) or that are incurable, the 
  6. entire treatment may be palliative.
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  8. Subject by: Shaun Jay
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