Preventive Meaning and Definition


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What is the definition Preventive? What is its meaning in the dictionary? How to pronounce? Synonyms, Words starting with Preventive, Antonyms, Example sentences, Derivations, Words ending with Preventive, Related sentences and more...

Preventive meaning

Word: Preventive

How to pronounce: prɪˈventɪv

Adjective

Definitions:

1. Designed to keep something undesirable such as illness, harm, or accidents from occurring.

Example sentences: "Preventive medicine"

Noun

Definitions:

1. A medicine or other treatment designed to stop disease or ill health from occurring.

Example sentences: "Quinine was used as a malaria preventive"


Synonyms:

preventative

prophylactically

preventive measure

prophylaxis

preventive maintenance

prophylactic

preventive care

preventive treatment

precautionary

proactive

caution


Derivations:

prevention

preventively

preventing

prevent

preventable

prevented


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Preventive in Other Languages...

Spanish: Preventivo

German: Vorbeugende

French: Préventif

Italian: Preventivo

Turkish: önleyici


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