prophylacticaladj.

Brit.

/ˌprɒfᵻˈlaktɪkl/, U.S.

/ˌproʊfəˈlæktɪk(ə)l/

Forms: 1500s–1600s prophylacticall, 1700s– prophylactical.

Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Or (ii) a borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin prophylacticus , -al suffix¹; Greek προϕυλακτικός , -al suffix¹.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin prophylacticus or its etymon Hellenistic Greek προϕυλακτικός prophylactic adj. + -al suffix¹. Compare earlier prophylactic adj.

= prophylactic adj.

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the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > types of treatment generally > [adjective] > preventative

euectic1574

prophylactic1574

prophylactical1598

preventing1601

preventive1646

preventative1714

1598 I. D. tr. L. Le Roy Aristotles Politiques v. iv. 269 In Phisicke, besides the Therapeuticall part..there is also the Prophylacticall, which doth by exercise and diet, preuent diseases [Fr. Comme en medicine outre la therapeutique..y a la prophylactique, laquelle par exercise & diete preuient les maladies].

1629 Bp. J. Hall Serm. Ashwednesday 12 Dieteticall and prophylacticall receipts of wholesome caution.

1657 W. Coles Adam in Eden cviii. 153 It is not only Therapeuticall, or restorative, but Prophylacticall or preventionall.

1713 W. Cockburn Symptoms Gonorrhoea vii. 175 It will be no great Difficulty to settle the Prophylactical Method, after the Direct One, drawn from the Nature of the Disease, is made known.

1889 Times 3 Oct. 13/6 The seeds of this rush will in all probability be found prophylactical; that they are a favourite food of the grouse is already a matter of fact.

1943 Science 10 Sept. 231/2 Methods for prophylactical measures against recurrent typhus.

1989 Amer. Jrnl. Gastroenterol. 84 1421 The sooner the diagnosis is made, the more beneficial prophylactical measures will be.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	prophylactical
释义	prophylacticaladj. Brit. /ˌprɒfᵻˈlaktɪkl/, U.S. /ˌproʊfəˈlæktɪk(ə)l/ Forms: 1500s–1600s prophylacticall, 1700s– prophylactical. Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Or (ii) a borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin prophylacticus , -al suffix¹; Greek προϕυλακτικός , -al suffix¹. Etymology: < post-classical Latin prophylacticus or its etymon Hellenistic Greek προϕυλακτικός prophylactic adj. + -al suffix¹. Compare earlier prophylactic adj. = prophylactic adj. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > types of treatment generally > [adjective] > preventative euectic1574 prophylactic1574 prophylactical1598 preventing1601 preventive1646 preventative1714 1598 I. D. tr. L. Le Roy Aristotles Politiques v. iv. 269 In Phisicke, besides the Therapeuticall part..there is also the Prophylacticall, which doth by exercise and diet, preuent diseases [Fr. Comme en medicine outre la therapeutique..y a la prophylactique, laquelle par exercise & diete preuient les maladies]. 1629 Bp. J. Hall Serm. Ashwednesday 12 Dieteticall and prophylacticall receipts of wholesome caution. 1657 W. Coles Adam in Eden cviii. 153 It is not only Therapeuticall, or restorative, but Prophylacticall or preventionall. 1713 W. Cockburn Symptoms Gonorrhoea vii. 175 It will be no great Difficulty to settle the Prophylactical Method, after the Direct One, drawn from the Nature of the Disease, is made known. 1889 Times 3 Oct. 13/6 The seeds of this rush will in all probability be found prophylactical; that they are a favourite food of the grouse is already a matter of fact. 1943 Science 10 Sept. 231/2 Methods for prophylactical measures against recurrent typhus. 1989 Amer. Jrnl. Gastroenterol. 84 1421 The sooner the diagnosis is made, the more beneficial prophylactical measures will be. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1598
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