Medical term:
alleviating
alleviate
[ah-le´ve-āt]to cause the lessening or disappearance of a patient's problem.
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alleviate
verb A popular, non-medical term meaning to reduce pain or provide comfort. Medical equivalents include: relieve, palliate, ameliorate.Segen's Medical Dictionary. © 2012 Farlex, Inc. All rights reserved.
alleviate
(ă-lē′vē-āt″) [L. alleviare, to lighten]To lessen the effect of.
alleviation (-lē″vē-ā′shŏn) Medical Dictionary, © 2009 Farlex and Partners
Alleviate
To make something easier to be endured.
Mentioned in: Kinesiology, Applied
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