Anything preventive hinders or stops something, especially diseases.
Going before; preceding.
Noun
an agent or device intended to prevent conception
Noun
any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome
Noun
remedy that prevents or slows the course of an illness or disease; "the doctor recommended several preventatives"
Adjective S.
preventing or contributing to the prevention of disease; "preventive medicine"; "vaccines are prophylactic"; "a prophylactic drug"
Adjective
tending to prevent or hinder
Adjective S.
tending to ward off; "the swastika...a very ancient prophylactic symbol occurring among all peoples"- Victor Schultze
a.
Going before; preceding.
a.
Tending to defeat or hinder; obviating; preventing the
access of; as, a medicine preventive of disease.
n.
That which prevents, hinders, or obstructs; that which
intercepts access; in medicine, something to prevent disease; a
prophylactic.
Preventive
Any previous counsel or preventive understanding.2.
Physic is either curative or preventive.
Preventive
Going before; preceding.
That which prevents, hinders, or obstructs; that which intercepts access; in medicine, something to prevent disease; a prophylactic.
Usage Examples
When people speak to you about a preventive war, you tell them to go and fight it. After my experience, I have come to hate war.
It is essential that the women's preventive coverage benefit, including contraception, be available to all women, regardless of what health plan they have or where they work - as Congress intended. Providing access to birth control just makes good sense.
Each and every day health centers provide high-quality primary and preventive care to our constituents.
Irregular contact with doctors means many men fail to receive any preventive care for potentially life-threatening conditions. In addition, when men do seek care, embarrassment can often prevent them from openly discussing health concerns with their physicians.
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Other Usage ExamplesMore than five million seniors have already saved money on their prescription drugs, and almost 33 million have benefited from free preventive services. The president cracked down hard on Medicare and health care fraud, recovering a record-breaking $10.7 billion over the last three years, protecting our seniors. That's what change looks like.
Next to the love of God, the love of country is the best preventive of crime.
These measures may not constitute an absolute guarantee of peace, but, in my opinion, they constitute the greatest preventive measures ever adopted by nations.
Another term for preventive war is aggressive war - starting wars because someday somebody might do something to us. That is not part of the American tradition.