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Palliate

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• Palliation

  To palliate a disease is to treat it partially and insofar as possible, but not cure it completely.

• Palliative care

  Medical or comfort care that reduces the severity of a disease or slows its progress, but does not provide a cure.

• Palliative treatment

  palliation, to slow the progression of local disease, as opposed to a cure. The Latin “pallium” referred to a type of cloak in ancient Greece and Rome and, later, to a white woolen band with pendants in front and back worn by the pope or an archbishop as a symbol of full episcopal authority. Pallium […]

• Pallidotomy

  A surgical operation performed on the globus pallidus to destroy it. The purpose of this operation is to relieve involuntary movements or muscular rigidity, as, for example, in Parkinson’s disease. The globus pallidus is a pale-appearing spherical area in the brain. (Globus is a Latin word meaning a globe or sphere; pallidus refers to its […]

• Pallidum

  Part of what are called the basal ganglia of the brain which consist of the globus pallidus and the ventral pallidum. The globus pallidus itself is a pale-appearing spherical area in the brain. (Globus is a Latin word meaning a globe or sphere. Pallidus refers to its pallor relative to the surrounding brain substance.) The […]

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