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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Preventative  \Pre*vent"a*tive\,  n. 
  That  which  prevents;  --  incorrectly  used  instead  of 
  preventive. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  preventative 
  adj  1:  tending  to  prevent  or  hinder  [syn:  {preventive}]  [ant:  {permissive}] 
  2:  preventing  or  contributing  to  the  prevention  of  disease; 
  "preventive  medicine";  "vaccines  are  prophylactic";  "a 
  prophylactic  drug"  [syn:  {preventive},  {prophylactic}] 
  n  1:  something  that  prevents  or  slows  the  course  of  an  illness  or 
  disease;  "the  docotr  recommended  several  preventatives" 
  [syn:  {preventive},  {prophylactic}] 
  2:  something  that  impedes  or  is  burdensome  [syn:  {hindrance},  {hitch}, 
  {preventive},  {encumbrance},  {incumbrance},  {interference}] 
  3:  an  agent  or  device  intended  to  prevent  conception  [syn:  {contraceptive}, 
  {preventive},  {contraceptive  device},  {prophylactic 
  device},  {birth  control  device}] 




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