preventive
Medicine/Medical. of or noting a drug, vaccine, etc., for preventing disease; prophylactic.
serving to prevent or hinder: preventive measures.
Medicine/Medical. a drug or other substance for preventing disease.
a preventive agent or measure.
Origin of preventive
1- Also pre·vent·a·tive [pri-ven-tuh-tiv] /prɪˈvɛn tə tɪv/ (for defs. 2, 4).
Other words from preventive
- pre·ven·tive·ly, adverb
- pre·ven·tive·ness, noun
- non·pre·ven·tive, adjective
- non·pre·ven·tive·ly, adverb
- non·pre·ven·tive·ness, noun
- un·pre·vent·a·tive, adjective
- un·pre·ven·tive, adjective
- un·pre·ven·tive·ly, adverb
- un·pre·ven·tive·ness, noun
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How to use preventive in a sentence
The study is another troubling indicator of the preventive medical care that children as well as adults in the United States haven’t received since the start of the pandemic.
Nearly half a million U.S. children missed out on lead tests in early 2020 | Aimee Cunningham | February 4, 2021 | Science NewsAs you grow older, some preventive medical tests can actually be skipped
Are the coronavirus vaccines safe for someone with cancer, dementia or MS? | Judith Graham | January 31, 2021 | Washington PostSome boast style features but aren’t equipped with preventive damage options.
The best hair dryer: Get a salon-worthy blowout at home | Carsen Joenk | January 22, 2021 | Popular-ScienceIn the meantime, it will be important to continue standard preventive measures, including social distancing, wearing face masks, washing hands and following other official guidance.
When Can Children Get The COVID-19 Vaccine? 5 Questions Parents Are Asking | LGBTQ-Editor | December 13, 2020 | No Straight NewsBeing consistent with both treatment and preventive measures is key, she says.
Mask up without breaking out. Here’s how to prevent pandemic acne. | Sandra Gutierrez G. | December 3, 2020 | Popular-Science
Yet here we are in 2014, still arguing over our right to have access to this important preventive care.
Migraine drugs fall into two categories: preventive and abortive.
Now, preventive protocols—like mammograms, colonoscopies, and Prostate-Specific Antigen tests—are being questioned.
There have been studies that demonstrated a clear preventive benefit for circumcised males.
Circumcision Has Health Benefits, but Doctors Should Leave the Decision Up to Parents | Russell Saunders | April 4, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTSomething like reducing obesity can be best done through preventive care that kicks in well before a person has a BMI in the 40s.
America Joins the Developed World, Thanks to Obamacare | Michael Tomasky | December 26, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTThus if a man threatened to fill up your well because it stood, as he claimed, on his land, you had no preventive remedy at law.
Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman | Albert Sidney BollesIt is usual to have recourse to this valuable invention only when disease is actually existing—as a preventive, it is neglected.
The Ladies' Book of Etiquette, and Manual of Politeness | Florence HartleyFor instance, the decrease may have been due to extra preventive work done by welfare officers.
Report of the Special Committee on Moral Delinquency in Children and Adolescents | Oswald Chettle Mazengarb et al.As to the use of antitoxin as a preventive and cure for diphtheria, too much praise cannot be given to that wonderful discovery.
Essays In Pastoral Medicine | Austin MalleyOr, a better preventive is a canvass or leather cap to protect the neck entirely from the storm.
Domestic Animals | Richard L. Allen
British Dictionary definitions for preventive
/ (prɪˈvɛntɪv) /
tending or intended to prevent or hinder
med
tending to prevent disease; prophylactic
of or relating to the branch of medicine concerned with prolonging life and preventing disease
(in Britain) of, relating to, or belonging to the customs and excise service or the coastguard
something that serves to prevent or hinder
med any drug or agent that tends to prevent or protect against disease
another name for contraceptive
- Also (except for sense 3): preventative (prɪˈvɛntətɪv)
Derived forms of preventive
- preventively, adverb
- preventiveness, noun
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