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单词 prophylactic
释义 prophylactic
 —prophylactically,  adv.  
 /proh'feuh lak"tik, prof'euh-/,  adj.  
  1. defending or protecting from disease or infection, as a drug.
  2. preventive or protective.
  n.  
  3.  Med.   a prophylactic medicine or measure.
  4. a preventive.
  5. a device, usually a rubber sheath, used to prevent conception or venereal infection; condom.
 [1565-75; < Gk prophylaktikós of guarding, equiv. to prophylak- (base of prophylássein to guard beforehand) + -tikos -TIC. See PROPHYLAXIS]
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