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[ pri-ven-tiv ] / prɪˈvɛn tɪv / SEE SYNONYMS FOR preventive ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectiveMedicine/Medical. of or noting a drug, vaccine, etc., for preventing disease; prophylactic. serving to prevent or hinder: preventive measures. nounMedicine/Medical. a drug or other substance for preventing disease. a preventive agent or measure. Also pre·vent·a·tive [pri-ven-tuh-tiv] /prɪˈvɛn tə tɪv/ (for defs. 2, 4). Origin of preventiveFirst recorded in 1630–40; prevent + -ive OTHER WORDS FROM preventivepre·ven·tive·ly, adverbpre·ven·tive·ness, nounnon·pre·ven·tive, adjectivenon·pre·ven·tive·ly, adverb non·pre·ven·tive·ness, nounun·pre·vent·a·tive, adjectiveun·pre·ven·tive, adjectiveun·pre·ven·tive·ly, adverbun·pre·ven·tive·ness, noun Words nearby preventiveprevenient grace, prevent, prevent defense, preventer, prevention, preventive, preventive dentistry, preventive detention, preventive law, preventive medicine, preventive treatment Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for preventiveMigraine drugs fall into two categories: preventive and abortive. How to Destroy Your Headaches|Dr. Anand Veeravagu, MD, Tej Azad|June 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST Now, preventive protocols—like mammograms, colonoscopies, and Prostate-Specific Antigen tests—are being questioned. Clinton Doc: This Is How We’ll Fix Health Care|Daniela Drake|June 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST Our current preventive routine focuses on treating such cardiac risk factors as hypertension and cholesterol. Doctors Should Start Advocating Dietary Options to Treat Heart Disease|Daniela Drake|July 11, 2013|DAILY BEAST Already, the law has provided 54 million Americans free access to preventive services like check-ups and mammograms. The GOP Is Terrified Obamacare Could Be a Success|Jon Favreau|July 11, 2013|DAILY BEAST
By that he means solitary confinement is intended to be preventive, not punitive. Extreme Solitary Confinement: What Did Bradley Manning Experience?|Caitlin Dickson|June 5, 2013|DAILY BEAST Preventive medicine has achieved no other work comparing in magnitude and importance with the extinction of the plague in Europe. A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I|Various The law of limitation, as has been already said, in as far as it is moral and preventive, we have under our own control. Harmonies of Political Economy|Frdric Bastiat I have found that keeping the soil around the plant well covered with coal ashes is a preventive. A Woman's Hardy Garden|Helena Rutherfurd Ely The preventive uses of astrology have seldom been seriously studied outside of India. Autobiography of a YOGI|Paramhansa Yogananda Fishing vessels carry supplies of the beverage on long voyages as a preventive of scurvy. American Forest Trees|Henry H. Gibson
British Dictionary definitions for preventive
adjectivetending or intended to prevent or hinder med - tending to prevent disease; prophylactic
- of or relating to the branch of medicine concerned with prolonging life and preventing disease
(in Britain) of, relating to, or belonging to the customs and excise service or the coastguard nounsomething that serves to prevent or hinder med any drug or agent that tends to prevent or protect against disease another name for contraceptive Also (except for sense 3): preventative (prɪˈvɛntətɪv) Derived forms of preventivepreventively, adverbpreventiveness, nounCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to preventiveprecautionary, defending, defensive, protective Medical definitions for preventive
adj.Preventing or slowing the course of an illness or disease; prophylactic. n.A preventive agent or treatment. The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. |