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Amputation vs Palliative - What's the difference?

amputation | palliative |

As nouns the difference between amputation and palliative

is that amputation is surgical removal of all or part of a limb, etc while palliative is something that palliates, particularly a palliative medicine.

As an adjective palliative is

serving to palliate; serving to extenuate or mitigate.

amputation

English

(wikipedia amputation)

Noun

(en noun)
  • surgical removal of all or part of a limb, etc.
  • the loss of a limb, etc. through trauma

    • See also

    * acrotomophilia * apotemnophilia * apotemnophobia

    palliative

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Serving to palliate; serving to extenuate or mitigate.
  • (medicine) Minimising the progression of a disease and relieving undesirable symptoms for as long as possible, rather than attempting to cure the (usually incurable) disease.

    • Synonyms

    * (medicine)

    Coordinate terms

    * (medicine) analgesic, lenitive

    Related terms

    * palliate * palliation

    See also

    * (Palliative care)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (medicine) Something that palliates, particularly a palliative medicine.
    • The radiation and chemotherapy were only palliatives .

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