PROPHYLACTIC
\pɹˌɒfɪlˈaktɪk], \pɹˌɒfɪlˈaktɪk], \p_ɹ_ˌɒ_f_ɪ_l_ˈa_k_t_ɪ_k]\
Definitions of PROPHYLACTIC
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
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capable of preventing conception or impregnation; "contraceptive devices and medications"
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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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contraceptive device consisting of a thin rubber or latex sheath worn over the penis during intercourse
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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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capable of preventing conception or impregnation; "contraceptive devices and medications"
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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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contraceptive device consisting of a thin rubber or latex sheath worn over the penis during intercourse
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preventing or contributing to the prevention of disease; "preventive medicine"; "vaccines are prophylactic"; "a prophylactic drug"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By William R. Warner
By Robley Dunglison
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
