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UK
/pɹˌɒfɪlˈæktɪk/
]
[ US /ˌpɹɑfɪˈɫæktɪk, ˌpɹoʊfɪˈɫæktɪk/ ]
[ US /ˌpɹɑfɪˈɫæktɪk, ˌpɹoʊfɪˈɫæktɪk/ ]
NOUN
- contraceptive device consisting of a sheath of thin rubber or latex that is worn over the penis during intercourse
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remedy that prevents or slows the course of an illness or disease
the doctor recommended several preventatives
ADJECTIVE
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preventing or contributing to the prevention of disease
a prophylactic drug
vaccines are prophylactic
preventive medicine -
capable of preventing conception or impregnation
contraceptive devices and medications -
warding off
the swastika...a very ancient prophylactic symbol occurring among all peoples
How To Use prophylactic In A Sentence
- Non-selective NSAID therapy may be appropriate for chronic pain management in aspirin users given that suitable GI prophylactic measures are utilized in high-risk patients.
- Nitrates and calcium channel blocking drugs can be tried taken sublingually for episodes of pain or orally and regularly as a prophylactic.
- Quinine, as well as being used as a prophylactic against malaria, was also considered to be an appetite stimulant and a more general antidote to fever.
- New study leads to the development of first prophylactic treatment for leishmania THE MEDICAL NEWS
- The effects of nitrogen, phosphor and kalium on the hazard index of holing illness and the prophylactic-therapeutic measures has been studied while the field experiment had been applied.
- Mosquitoes whined for blood, the long grass and swamp land around producing a fine pedigree for aggression and prophylactic resistance. A DARKENING STAIN
- Prophylactic treatment with sialic acid metabolites precludes the development of the myopathic phenotype in the DMRV-hIBM mouse model Random feeds from Syndic8.com
- The pattern of going to the spas was the attempt of mostly healthy individuals to undertake a prophylactic cure or to make an apotropaic gesture towards disease and be seen spending rather large sums of money doing this.
- Were there any truth in the tale as regards the mongoos, it would be difficult to understand, why other creatures, such as the secretary bird and the falcon, which equally destroy serpents, should be left defenceless, and the ichneumon alone provided with a prophylactic. Ceylon; an Account of the Island Physical, Historical, and Topographical with Notices of Its Natural History, Antiquities and Productions, Volume 1 (of 2)
- Nitrofurantoin monohydrate is another reasonable prophylactic antibiotic that may be used in children who are older than eight weeks of age.