What's the difference between preclude and prevent?

Preclude


Definition:

  • (v.) To put a barrier before; hence, to shut out; to hinder; to stop; to impede.
  • (v.) To shut out by anticipative action; to prevent or hinder by necessary consequence or implication; to deter action of, access to, employment of, etc.; to render ineffectual; to obviate by anticipation.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) However, the variation in samples, even from among individual animals that had survived challenge, was so great that it precludes the use of the macrophage migration technique as a routine standard assay procedure for immunity.
  • (2) However, hemodynamic effects of the compound, suggesting an oxygen sparing action, did not preclude the antifibrillatory effectiveness.
  • (3) Since group therapy and sensory stimulation over a relatively short period can result in clinical and testable improvement, the diagnosis of "chronic brain syndrome" in the elderly should not be allowed to preclude the provision of appropriate psychiatric therapy.
  • (4) Positive biopsy findings may preclude transplantation.
  • (5) These findings may preclude the use of controlled studies on early synovectomy using the non-operated hand as a control in a long-term assessment of X-ray progression.
  • (6) Immunoassay of semen samples for CTX were not diagnostic, but the sensitivity and timing of the test employed may have precluded detection of small quantities of the toxin.
  • (7) These were all mild or moderate in severity and did not preclude continued administration of the study drug.
  • (8) Moreover, reexamination of the original X-ray maps reported in 1968 and thought to preclude a Tyr-248-Zn interaction now leads to the conclusion that in up to 25 per cent of the molecules in the crystals ttyr-248 interacts with the active site zinc atom (W.D.
  • (9) Nowadays, conventional cholecystectomy remains indicated when laparoscopy is contra-indicated, notably in cases with tight peritoneal adhesions precluding laparoscopy.
  • (10) However, this does not preclude the need for appropriately ex vivo-handled specimens for monitoring isepamicin concentrations in plasma to ensure therapeutic efficacy and prevent toxicity.
  • (11) The striatal dopaminergic input was extensively destroyed beforehand to preclude the possibility of reinnervation of the striatum by endogenous dopaminergic neurons.
  • (12) Rapidly progressive autolytic changes preclude the meaningful morphological assessment of hypoxic change at the ultrastructural level.
  • (13) The lack of data on the fertilizing capacity of sperm in GIFT procedures in cases of male infertility is a real disadvantage and currently precludes the management of severe male infertility with this method.
  • (14) Superficial muscle necrosis is a complication of this operation but has not precluded its usefulness.
  • (15) In vitro attempts to demonstrate local activated macrophages in the foot pads of M. leprae infected mice failed, but, because of the technical problems encountered, do not preclude their presence.
  • (16) In some cases with relatively minimal vascular changes the prognosis was poor, whereas heavy cellular infiltreate without vessel damage did not necessarily preclude functional recovery.
  • (17) In aortic stenosis: a) severe ventricular dysfunction does not preclude the surgical treatment; b) the actuarial analysis suggests that EF less than 50% determines worse prognosis and always occurs with decreased CO; c) the excellent evolution of the asymptomatic patients does not generalize the surgical treatment in this phase; d) the incidence of the sudden death was not high after the surgical treatment; e) patients with pre-operative left ventricular dysfunction had greater mortality due to heart failure, than patients with normal left ventricular function; f) despite of the morbid events our results confirm the real benefit of the surgical treatment in the aortic stenosis.
  • (18) Receptor cells with cilia were observed, and although the olfactory system undergoes further differentiation during pouch life and although the olfactory epithelium and bulb of the newborn differs from that of the adult, these facts do not preclude the ability of the newborn to detect smell.
  • (19) The Likud, led by Binyamin Netanyahu, is committed to permanent Israeli control over most of the West Bank, and this precludes the possibility of peace with the Palestinians.
  • (20) PAC was administered monthly until disease progression or toxicity precluded additional therapy.

Prevent


Definition:

  • (v. t.) To go before; to precede; hence, to go before as a guide; to direct.
  • (v. t.) To be beforehand with; to anticipate.
  • (v. t.) To intercept; to hinder; to frustrate; to stop; to thwart.
  • (v. i.) To come before the usual time.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Down and up regulation by peptides may be useful for treatment of cough and prevention of aspiration pneumonia.
  • (2) This death is also dependent on the presence of chloride and is prevented with the non-selective EAA antagonist, kynurenic acid, but is not prevented by QA.
  • (3) Parents of subjects at the experimental school were visited at home by a community health worker who provided individualized information on dental services and preventive strategies.
  • (4) The most successful dyes were phenocyanin TC, gallein, fluorone black, alizarin cyanin BB and alizarin blue S. Celestin blue B with an iron mordant is quite successful if properly handled to prevent gelling of solutions.
  • (5) The penetration of (22)Na was not prevented by the presence of metabolic inhibitors or by 500 mm NaCl in the suspending medium.
  • (6) This would disrupt and prevent Isis from maintaining stable and reliable sources of income.
  • (7) This decrease was prevented by DOCA, hydrocortisone and corticosterone.
  • (8) Elderly women need to follow the same strategies as postmenopausal women with more emphasis on prevention of falls.
  • (9) Treatment of the bound F1-ATPase with 4-chloro-7-nitrobenzofurazan prevented complete release of the enzyme by ATP.
  • (10) Results in May 89 emphasizes: the relevance and urgency of the prevention of AIDS in secondary schools; the importance of the institutional aspect for the continuity of the project; the involvement of the pupils and the trainers for the processus; the feasibility of an intervention using only local resources.
  • (11) It was hypothesized that compensatory restraining influences of surrounding soft tissues prevented a more severe facial malformation from occurring.
  • (12) Defibrotide prevents the dramatic fall of creatine phosphokinase activity in the ischemic ventricle: metabolic changes which reflect changes in the cells affected by prolonged ischemia.
  • (13) If there is a will to use primary Care centres for effective preventive action in the population as a whole, motivation of the professionals involved and organisational changes will be necessary so as not to perpetuate the law of inverse care.
  • (14) This was carried out on the healthy subjects for a total of 12 nights without medication (control nights asleep), a total of 12 nights following 40 mg of flucortolone the previous morning, and a total of 6 nights with similar blood sampling when sleep was prevented (control nights awake).
  • (15) He also deals with the incidence, conservative and surgical treatment of osteo-arthrosis in old age and with the possibilities of its prevention.
  • (16) Possibilities to achieve this both in the curative and the preventive field are restricted mainly due to the insufficient knowledge of their etiopathogenesis.
  • (17) Current status of prognosis in clinical, experimental and prophylactic medicine is delineated with formulation of the purposes and feasibility of therapeutic and preventive realization of the disease onset and run prediction.
  • (18) Solely infectious waste become removed hospital-intern and -extern on conditions of hygienic prevention, namely through secure packing during the transport, combustion or desinfection.
  • (19) Communicating sustainability is a subtle attempt at doing good Read more And yet, in environmental terms it is infinitely preferable to prevent waste altogether, rather than recycle it.
  • (20) From the social economic point of view nosocomial infections represent a very important cost factor, which could be reduced to great deal by activities for prevention of nosocomial infection.