alleviator

Other forms: alleviators

Definitions of alleviator
  1. noun
    a therapist who makes suffering more endurable
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    type of:
    healer, therapist
    a person skilled in a particular type of therapy
  2. noun
    remedy that alleviates pain without curing
    synonyms: alleviant, palliative
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    type of:
    curative, cure, remedy, therapeutic
    a medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieve pain
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