alleviator

2 definitions found

alleviator - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Alleviator \Al*le"vi*a`tor\, n.
     One who, or that which, alleviates.
     [1913 Webster]

alleviator - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  alleviator
      n 1: a therapist who makes suffering more endurable
      2: remedy that alleviates pain without curing [syn:
         palliative, alleviant, alleviator]