Aims to control symptoms and slow down the progress of an illness, rather than cure it.
Non-invasive relief of irritating conditions.
Treatment performed which aims to relieve the symptoms (e.g., pain) of disease. Does not aim to cure. Patients presenting for palliative treatment are not normally subject to treatment planning.
<oncology> Treatment to relieve symptoms of the disease but not to cure it. Frequently takes the form of making the patient more comfortable through pain management. ... (16 Dec 1997) ... 
Treatment that aims not to cure a patient but to relieve symptoms.
Treatment aimed at the relief of pain and symptoms of disease but is not intended to cure the disease.
Treatment that relives symptoms but does not cure.
Type: Term Definitions: 1. treatment to alleviate symptoms without curing the disease. Synonyms: palliative care
Palliative treatment: To palliate a disease is to treat it partially and insofar as possible, but not cure it completely. Palliation cloaks a disease. Also sometimes called symptomatic treatment. To take a case, a 91-year-old man was found to have a tumor in his lung. He did not have chest surgery because of his age and the general rule that cancer...
Treatment given to control symptoms such as pain and sickness, rather than to cure.
treatment that relieves the symptoms of a disorder without curing it 
A treatment that alleviates the symptoms of a disease, for example reducing pain, without curing it. The main purpose of this is improving the quality of life of the patient.
Palliative treatment is given to patients with untreatable diseases in order to make them more comfortable. Includes a combination of supportive and symptomatic treatments.
treatment that relieves symptoms, such as pain, but is not expected to cure the disease. The main purpose is to improve the patient's quality of life.