1) Anovulant 2) Blockading 3) Cautionary 4) Clogging 5) Condom 6) Deterrent 7) Frustrative 8) Healthful 9) Hindering 10) Impeding 11) Iud 12) Obstructive 13) Obviating 14) Pessary 15) Precautional 16) Precautionary 17) Preclusive 18) Preemptive 19) Preventative 20) Prohibitive 21) Prohibitory 22) Protective
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1) Healthful 2) Preventative 3) Prophylactic 4) Tending to prevent or hinder
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• (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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Used to prevent disease.
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a procedure performed to aid in preventing decay and/ or gum disease.
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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 by the armed police in guarding the coast against ...
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(pre-ven´tiv) serving to block the occurrence of something. prophylactic (def. 2).
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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; preventing the access of; as, a medicine
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Type: Term Pronunciation: prē-ven′tiv Synonyms: prophylactic1
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[
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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preventative adjective tending to prevent or hinder
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Procedure performed to prevent decay and gum disease. the procedures that trojan classifies as preventive are the exam, x-rays and prophys. the exam and x-rays are also known as diagnostic procedures.
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of or noting a drug, vaccine, etc., for preventing disease; prophylactic. · serving to prevent or hinder: preventive measures.
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