preventive medicine

noun

1. the branch of medical science that deals with prevention of disease.

2. a medication or other agent used for prophylaxis.

preventive medicine

1. A branch of medicine that promotes activities to prevent the occurrence of disease.

Word History and Origins

Origin of preventive medicine¹

First recorded in 1760–70

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