Look up: preventive

1. preventive
   [adj] - tending to prevent or hinder 2. [adj] - preventing or contributing to the prevention of disease 3. [n] - remedy that prevents or slows the course of an illness or disease
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2. Preventive
   a procedure performed to aid in preventing decay and/ or gum disease.
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3. Preventive
   Pre·vent'ive adjective [ Confer French préventif .] 1. Going before; preceding. [ Obsolete] « Any previous counsel or preventive understanding.» Cudworth. 2. Tending to defeat or hinder; obviating; p...
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4. Preventive
   Pre·vent'ive noun That which prevents, hinders, or obstructs; that which intercepts access; in medicine, something to prevent disease; a prophylactic.
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5. preventive
   1. Going before; preceding. 'Any previous counsel or preventive understanding.' (Cudworth) ... 2. Tending to defeat or hinder; obviating; preventing the access of; as, a medicine preventive of disease. 'Physic is either curative or preventive.' (Sir T. Browne) Preventive service, the duty performed ...
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6. preventive
   preventative adjective tending to prevent or hinder
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7. preventive
   preventative adjective preventing or contributing to the prevention of disease; `preventive medicine`; `vaccines are prophylactic`; `a prophylactic drug`
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8. preventive
   (pre-ven´tiv) serving to block the occurrence of something. prophylactic (def. 2).
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9. Preventive
   • (a.) Going before; preceding. • (n.) That which prevents, hinders, or obstructs; that which intercepts access; in medicine, something to prevent disease; a prophylactic. • (a.) Tending to defeat or hinder; obviating; preventing the access of; as, a medicine preventive of disease.
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10. preventive
    Type: Term Pronunciation: prē-ven′tiv Synonyms: prophylactic1
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11. preventive
    Used to prevent disease.
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