preventive (English)
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preventive
- Noun
remedy that prevents or slows the course of an illness or disease; "the doctor recommended several preventatives"
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- Noun
any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome
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- Noun
an agent or device intended to prevent conception
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- Adjective
preventing or contributing to the prevention of disease; "preventive medicine"; "vaccines are prophylactic"; "a prophylactic drug"
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- Adjective