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chemoprophylactic
chemoprophylactic adj. 
/ˌkɛməʊˌprɒfᵻˈlaktɪk/, /ˌkɛmoʊˌproʊfəˈlæktɪk/ of, relating to, or producing chemoprophylaxis.
Brit. /ˌkiːməʊˌprɒfᵻˈlaktɪk/
, /ˌkiːməʊˌprɒfᵻˈlaktɪk//ˌkɛməʊˌprɒfᵻˈlaktɪk/U.S. /ˌkimoʊˌproʊfəˈlæktɪk/
, /ˌkimoʊˌproʊfəˈlæktɪk//ˌkɛmoʊˌproʊfəˈlæktɪk/ΘΚΠ
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chemoprophylactic1931
chemopreventive1976
1931 Lancet 15 Aug. 359/2 We use the word chemoprophylactic intentionally, for, although it is not yet to be found in technical dictionaries, it is a better descriptive term than chemotherapeutic for experiments of the kind recorded.
1975 Nature 20 Mar. 169/1 Two trials have also been carried out in India using sulphones for their protective or chemoprophylactic effect by giving them to healthy people.
2005 J. M. Greig & C. J. Ellis in K. Gardiner & J. M. Harrington Occup. Hygiene (ed. 3) iv. xxiii. 351/2 As well as avoiding mosquito bites,..those travelling to high-risk areas should take a chemoprophylactic agent.
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