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palliative care

noun

B1CEFR level
40/100Rarity: uncommon
TechnicalRegister

Specialist care focused on relieving suffering and supporting patients with a serious or terminal illness.

I've referred her to the palliative care team for symptom control at home.

Topic: Oncology in Medical English

Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.

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