| 单词 | preventive |
| 释义 | preventive (once / 2437 pages) adjn Anything preventive hinders or stops something, especially diseases. When you prevent something, you stop it from happening. Likewise, anything preventive is used to ward off a bad outcome. Wearing a warm coat is preventative: it keeps you from getting cold. Saving your money is preventive because it will keep you from the poorhouse if you lose your job. Most often, this word is used in medicine. Preventive (or preventative) measures keep you from getting sick. Stretching before a workout is preventive, because it can keep you injury-free. WORD FAMILYpreventive: preventively, preventives+/prevent: preventable, preventative, prevented, preventing, prevention, preventive, prevents/preventable: unpreventable/preventative: preventatives/prevention: preventions USAGE EXAMPLESWiedefeld also wants to focus on repairs and preventive maintenance for the rest of the legacy fleet, which is prone to breakdowns. Washington Post(Nov 30, 2016) It authorizes $6.3 billion in money taken from a preventive health care fund and other sources, but funding must be appropriated annually. New York Times(Nov 30, 2016) The ACA was a revolutionary public health act that allowed millions of people who never had health insurance before to access preventive care. The Guardian(Nov 30, 2016) 1adj tending to prevent or hinder Syn|Ant preventative blockading blocking entrance to and exit from seaports and harbors clogging, hindering, impeding, obstructivepreventing movement deterrenttending to deter frustrating, frustrative, thwartingpreventing realization or attainment of a desire precautional, precautionarytaken in advance to protect against possible danger or failure obviating, preclusivemade impossible pre-emptive, preemptivedesigned or having the power to deter or prevent an anticipated situation or occurrence prohibitive, prohibitorytending to discourage (especially of prices) protectiveintended or adapted to afford protection of some kind permissive not preventive bailableadmitting of bail 2adj preventing or contributing to the prevention of disease preventive medicine Syn preventative, prophylactic healthful conducive to good health of body or mind 3n any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome Syn|Hypo|Hyper encumbrance, hinderance, hindrance, hitch, incumbrance, interference, preventative clog any object that acts as a hindrance or obstruction speed bumpa hindrance to speeding created by a crosswise ridge in the surface of a roadway impediment, impedimenta, obstructer, obstruction, obstructor any structure that makes progress difficult 4n remedy that prevents or slows the course of an illness or disease Syn|Hyper preventative, prophylactic curative, cure, remedy, therapeutic a medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieve pain 5n an agent or device intended to prevent conception Syn|Hypo|Hyper birth control device, contraceptive, contraceptive device, preventative, prophylactic device cervical cap a contraceptive device consisting of a small thimble-shaped cup that is placed over the uterine cervix to prevent the entrance of spermatozoa coila contraceptive device placed inside a woman's womb contraceptive diaphragm, diaphragm, pessarya contraceptive device consisting of a flexible dome-shaped cup made of rubber or plastic; it is filled with spermicide and fitted over the uterine cervix IUD, intrauterine devicecontraceptive device consisting of a piece of bent plastic or metal that is inserted through the vagina into the uterus morning-after pilla large dose of estrogen taken orally within 24 to 72 hours after intercourse; prevents implantation of a fertilized ovum and so acts as a contraceptive; commonly used after rape or incest anovulant, anovulatory drug, birth control pill, contraceptive pill, oral contraceptive, oral contraceptive pill, pilla contraceptive in the form of a pill containing estrogen and progestin to inhibit ovulation and so prevent conception spermatocide, spermicidea contraceptive agent that kills spermatozoa Demulentrade name for an oral contraceptive Enovidtrade name for an oral contraceptive containing mestranol and norethynodrel Loestrintrade name for an oral contraceptive containing estradiol and norethindrone loopan intrauterine device in the shape of a loop Lo/Ovraltrade name for an oral contraceptive containing estradiol and norgestrel Micronortrade name for and oral contraceptive containing the progestin compound norethindrone Modicontrade name for an oral contraceptive containing estradiol and norethindrone Norinyltrade name for an oral contraceptive containing norethindrone and mestranol Norlestrintrade name for an oral contraceptive containing estradiol and norethindrone Nor-Q-Dtrade name for an oral contraceptive containing norethindrone Ovocontrade name for an oral contraceptive containing estradiol and norethindrone Ovraltrade name for an oral contraceptive containing estradiol and norgestrel Ovrettetrade name for an oral contraceptive containing norgestrel Ovulentrade name for an oral contraceptive containing mestranol and a progestin compound device an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose |
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