対たい症しょう的てき

na-adjective

symptomatic treatment; palliative care

Medical term for treatment that addresses symptoms rather than the underlying cause. Often contrasted with 根本的 (radical) treatment.

• この薬くすりは対たい症しょう的てきな効こう果かしかない。

  This medicine only has a symptomatic effect.

• 対たい症しょう的てき治ち療りょうと根こん本ぽん的てき治ち療りょうを区く別べつする必ひつ要ようがある。

  It is necessary to distinguish between symptomatic treatment and radical treatment.

na-adjective

superficial; stopgap

Extended use outside medicine: dealing only with surface issues, not the root cause. Often carries a critical nuance.

• 彼かれの提てい案あんは対たい症しょう的てきで、根こん本ぽん的てきな解かい決けつにはならない。

  His proposal is superficial and won't lead to a fundamental solution.