Prophylaxis

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Prevention of or protective treatment for disease.
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  • n. Prevention of, or protective treatment for disease.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The art of preserving from, or of preventing, disease; the observance of the rules necessary for the preservation of health; preservative or preventive treatment.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. In medicine, the guarding against the attack of some disease. Also prophylactic, prophylaxy.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. the prevention of disease
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    prevention    bar   
    Form
    prophylactic   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    prognosis    chemoprophylaxis    immunization    therapies    pre-exposure   
     
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