preventive medicine
the branch of medical science that deals with prevention of disease.
a medication or other agent used for prophylaxis.
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How to use preventive medicine in a sentence
We don't have much in the way of preventive medicine in the US, at least compared to Europe and Canada.
An Article That Made Me Sad, and a Little Response to Readers | Michael Tomasky | June 12, 2012 | THE DAILY BEAST“It can be a very subtle clinical presentation,” says William Schaffner, chair of preventive medicine at Vanderbilt University.
Necrotizing Fasciitis: How ‘Flesh-Eating Bacteria’ Strike | Casey Schwartz | May 14, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTpreventive medicine is in this sense truly State Medicine, and means protection of the people from their own ignorance.
Euthenics, the science of controllable environment | Ellen H. RichardsThe solution of these problems will come from applying the sciences of hygiene, preventive medicine, and sanitation.
A Civic Biology | George William HunterThe subject of preventive medicine is one that is attracting world-wide attention to-day.
Insects and Diseases | Rennie W. Doane
To teach us to avoid such losses is the legitimate field of preventive medicine.
The Third Great Plague | John H. StokesIn all cases of scarlatina or measles occurring in one member of a family, I put the rest upon preventive medicine.
Cultural definitions for preventive medicine
A branch of medicine that promotes activities to prevent the occurrence of disease.
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