About The Word Preventive
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Preventive
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What's The Definition Of Preventive?
[n] an agent or device intended to prevent conception
[n] any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome [n] remedy that prevents or slows the course of an illness or disease; "the doctor recommended several preventatives" [adj] preventing or contributing to the prevention of disease; "preventive medicine"; "vaccines are prophylactic"; "a prophylactic drug" [adj] tending to prevent or hinder [adj] tending to ward off; "the swastika...a very ancient prophylactic symbol occurring among all peoples"- Victor Schultze Synonyms | Synonyms for Preventive: birth control device | blockading | cautionary | clogging | contraceptive | contraceptive device | deterrent | encumbrance | frustrating | frustrative | healthful | hindering | hindrance | hitch | impeding | incumbrance | interference | obstructive | obviating(a) | precautional | precautionary | preclusive | preemptive | preventative | preventative | prohibitive | prohibitory | prophylactic | prophylactic device | thwarting Related Terms | Find terms related to Preventive: See Also | anovulant | anovulatory drug | birth control pill | cervical cap | clog | coil | condom | contraceptive diaphragm | contraceptive pill | curative | cure | device | diaphragm | impediment | impedimenta | intrauterine device | IUD | morning-after pill | obstructer | obstruction | obstructor | oral contraceptive | oral contraceptive pill | pessary | pill | prophylactic | protective | remedy | rubber | safe | safety | speed bump | spermatocide | spermicide Preventive In Webster's Dictionary \Pre*vent"ive\, a. [Cf. F. pr['e]ventif.]
1. Going before; preceding. [Obs.]
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 smuggling. [Eng]
\Pre*vent"ive\, n. That which prevents, hinders, or obstructs; that which intercepts access; in medicine, something to prevent disease; a prophylactic. |
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