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Preventative   /privˈɛntətɪv/   Listen
Preventative

adjective
1.
Tending to prevent or hinder.  Synonym: preventive.
2.
Preventing or contributing to the prevention of disease.  Synonyms: preventive, prophylactic.  "Vaccines are prophylactic" , "A prophylactic drug"
noun
1.
Remedy that prevents or slows the course of an illness or disease.  Synonyms: preventive, prophylactic.
2.
Any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome.  Synonyms: encumbrance, hinderance, hindrance, hitch, incumbrance, interference, preventive.
3.
An agent or device intended to prevent conception.  Synonyms: birth control device, contraceptive, contraceptive device, preventive, prophylactic device.






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"Preventative" Quotes from Famous Books



... possibility. Yet even now there was no lack of talk of such an eventuality; the remark was common that in process of time the colonies would declare their independence. But perhaps it was made rather with intent to spur England to adopt preventative measures in season, than from a real conviction that the ...
— The History of the United States from 1492 to 1910, Volume 1 • Julian Hawthorne

... this chapter, it may be mentioned that certain army officers interested in medical work have discovered what they believe to be an antitoxin for typhoid fever, and they have inoculated hundreds of soldiers as a preventative. The results are not yet conclusive, but there seems to be great promise. It is hoped that the time may come soon when people will be so educated that there will be no opportunity of the germs escaping from the sick room, and that food and drink will be so cared for that there ...
— Rural Hygiene • Henry N. Ogden

... these veneers being so extremely thin and porous the oil will quickly penetrate through to the groundwork, softening the glue, and causing the veneers to rise in a number of small blisters. Of course, this is not always the case, but the use of lard instead of oil will be found a good preventative. Lard is also used on the above class of work when it is desirable to preserve the colour of the wood in its ...
— French Polishing and Enamelling - A Practical Work of Instruction • Richard Bitmead

... The alcohol we take, the alcohol we make. Treatment of chronic alcoholism. Preventative treatment. Mineral starvation. ...
— Food for the Traveler - What to Eat and Why • Dora Cathrine Cristine Liebel Roper

... communion, speaking before a meeting of ministers in New York City on Tuesday, March 23, was quoted in the Springfield Republican of the next day as saying: "The church holds the only cure for the possible anarchy of the future and offers the only preventative for the hell which we have had for the last five years. But to meet this challenge the church can only go ...
— Preaching and Paganism • Albert Parker Fitch


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