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preventative |
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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