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preventive

5 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. 1) preventive (noun)
  2. 2) preventive (adjective)
  3. preventive detention (noun)
  4. preventive detention@ (noun)
  5. preventive law (noun)

1pre·ven·tive

noun \-ˈven-tiv\

Definition of PREVENTIVE

: something that prevents; especially : something used to prevent disease
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Examples of PREVENTIVE

  1. <if people took the simple preventive of frequently washing their hands, the spread of germs could be greatly reduced>

First Known Use of PREVENTIVE

circa 1639

Related to PREVENTIVE

Other Medicine Terms

analgesia, angina, diabetes, hepatitis, homeopathy, logorrhea, palliate, pandemic

Rhymes with PREVENTIVE

adventive, attentive, incentive, inventive, pendentive, retentive

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