noun
symptomatic treatment; allopathy
Medical term for treating symptoms rather than the underlying cause. Contrasts with 原因療法 (causal treatment).
See also: 原因療法
対症療法では根本的な解決にならない。
Symptomatic treatment does not provide a fundamental solution.
医者は対症療法として痛み止めを処方した。
The doctor prescribed painkillers as symptomatic therapy.
noun
makeshift solution; stopgap measure; temporary expedient
Figurative extension of the medical sense; used for any temporary fix that does not address the root cause.
その政策は対症療法に過ぎない。
That policy is nothing more than a stopgap measure.
対症療法ではなく、抜本的な改革が必要だ。
We need fundamental reform, not a makeshift solution.