PREVENTIVE
\pɹɪvˈɛntɪv], \pɹɪvˈɛntɪv], \p_ɹ_ɪ_v_ˈɛ_n_t_ɪ_v]\
Definitions of PREVENTIVE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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tending to ward off; "the swastika...a very ancient prophylactic symbol occurring among all peoples"- Victor Schultze
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any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome
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preventing or contributing to the prevention of disease; "preventive medicine"; "vaccines are prophylactic"; "a prophylactic drug"
By Princeton University
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tending to ward off; "the swastika...a very ancient prophylactic symbol occurring among all peoples"- Victor Schultze
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any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome
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preventing or contributing to the prevention of disease; "preventive medicine"; "vaccines are prophylactic"; "a prophylactic drug"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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That which prevents, hinders, or obstructs; that which intercepts access; in medicine, something to prevent disease; a prophylactic.
By Oddity Software
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Tending to hinder.
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That which prevents; an antidote previously taken. Preventive Service, the duty performed by the armed marines in guarding the coast against smuggling.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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1. Warding off disease, prophylactic. 2. A prophylactic, or anything which arrests the threatened onset of disease.
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop
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Tending to prevent or hinder: preservative.
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That which prevents: a preservative.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
