preventative
adjective
- 1
preventing or contributing to the prevention of disease
preventive medicine
vaccines are prophylactic
- 2
tending to prevent or hinder
noun
- 1
an agent or device intended to prevent conception
- 2
any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome
- 3
remedy that prevents or slows the course of an illness or disease
the doctor recommended several preventatives
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