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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006) |
preventive
adj 1: preventing or contributing to the prevention of disease;
"preventive medicine"; "vaccines are prophylactic"; "a
prophylactic drug" [syn: preventive, preventative,
prophylactic]
2: tending to prevent or hinder [syn: preventive,
preventative] [ant: permissive]
n 1: remedy that prevents or slows the course of an illness or
disease; "the doctor recommended several preventatives"
[syn: preventive, preventative, prophylactic]
2: any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome [syn:
hindrance, hinderance, hitch, preventive,
preventative, encumbrance, incumbrance, interference]
3: an agent or device intended to prevent conception [syn:
contraceptive, preventive, preventative, contraceptive
device, prophylactic device, birth control device]
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2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Preventive \Pre*vent"ive\, a. [Cf. F. pr['e]ventif.]
1. Going before; preceding. [Obs.]
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Any previous counsel or preventive understanding.
--Cudworth.
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2. Tending to defeat or hinder; obviating; preventing the
access of; as, a medicine preventive of disease.
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Physic is either curative or preventive. --Sir T.
Browne.
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Preventive service, the duty performed by the armed police
in guarding the coast against smuggling. [Eng]
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Preventive \Pre*vent"ive\, n.
That which prevents, hinders, or obstructs; that which
intercepts access; in medicine, something to prevent disease;
a prophylactic.
[1913 Webster]
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Thesaurus Results for preventive:
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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 |
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Common Misspellings > |
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