Preventive

Definition:

• (a.) Going before; preceding.
• (a.) Tending to defeat or hinder; obviating; preventing the access of; as, a medicine preventive of disease.
• (n.) That which prevents, hinders, or obstructs; that which intercepts access; in medicine, something to prevent disease; a prophylactic.

Compare preventive with other words:

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preventive vs. syphilization

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illness vs. preventive

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aggression vs. preventive

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deter vs. preventive

obstacle vs. preventive

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