prophylactic treatment

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The institution of measures to protect a person from a disease to which he or she has been, or may be, exposed.preventive treatment

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Section 5, by contrast, works as a prophylactic measure, stopping discrimination before it can occur.
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In some sense, their embrace of self-described black conservatives can be seen as a prophylactic measure.
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Michael Douglas inadvertently gave a great boost to the lowly prophylactic when he said oral sex gave him cancer.
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Six months later, at a hospital 600 miles from home, my mom underwent a prophylactic double mastectomy.
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Saying “no” is a crucial prophylactic for cities that aspire to keep their politics clean.
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In the second class he is even superior, because the latter has not the same prophylactic against pride.
A History of Mediaeval Jewish Philosophy|Isaac Husik
Cold infusion of tar was used in our colonies as a prophylactic against the Small Pox.
Epidemics Examined and Explained: or, Living Germs Proved by Analogy to be a Source of Disease|John Grove
Certain physicians employed a prophylactic remedy made up of very many substances.
Catholic Churchmen in Science|James J. Walsh
Prophylactic, prof-i-lak′tik, adj. guarding against: defending from disease.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R)|Various
This was followed a few years later by the preparation of a prophylactic against cholera.
The Popular Science Monthly, June, 1900|Various