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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