prophylactic, adj.
preventing or contributing to the prevention of disease
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preventative preventive prophylactic
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"preventive medicine""vaccines are prophylactic"
"a prophylactic drug"
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warding off
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cautionary prophylactic
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"the swastika...a very ancient prophylactic symbol occurring among all peoples"- Victor Schultze
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capable of preventing conception or impregnation
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antifertility contraceptive prophylactic
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"contraceptive devices and medications"
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