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English Dictionary: preventive	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for preventive
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
preventive adj preventing or contributing to the prevention of disease; "preventive medicine"; "vaccines are prophylactic"; "a prophylactic drug" Synonym(s): preventive, preventative, prophylactic tending to prevent or hinder Synonym(s): preventive, preventative Antonym(s): permissive n remedy that prevents or slows the course of an illness or disease; "the doctor recommended several preventatives" Synonym(s): preventive, preventative, prophylactic any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome Synonym(s): hindrance, hinderance, hitch, preventive, preventative, encumbrance, incumbrance, interference an agent or device intended to prevent conception Synonym(s): contraceptive, preventive, preventative, contraceptive device, prophylactic device, birth control device
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Preventive \Prevent"ive\, a. [Cf. F. pr[82]ventif.] 1. Going before; preceding. [Obs.] Any previous counsel or preventive* understanding. --Cudworth. 2. Tending to defeat or hinder; obviating; preventing the access of; as, a medicine preventive of disease. Physic is either curative or preventive. --Sir T. Browne. {Preventive service}, the duty performed by the armed police in guarding the coast against smuggling. [Eng]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Preventive \Pre*vent"ive\, n. That which prevents, hinders, or obstructs; that which intercepts access; in medicine, something to prevent disease; a prophylactic.