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PREVENTIVE

Definition:

1. [noun] remedy that prevents or slows the course of an illness or disease; "the doctor recommended several preventatives"
   Synonyms: preventative, prophylactic
   
   
2. [noun] any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome
   Synonyms: hindrance, hitch, preventative, encumbrance, incumbrance, interference
   
   
3. [noun] an agent or device intended to prevent conception
   Synonyms: contraceptive, preventative, contraceptive device, prophylactic device, birth control device
   
   
4. [adjective] preventing or contributing to the prevention of disease; "preventive medicine"; "vaccines are prophylactic"; "a prophylactic drug"
   Synonyms: preventative, prophylactic
   
   
5. [adjective] tending to prevent or hinder
   Synonyms: preventative
   
   
6. [adjective] tending to ward off; "the swastika...a very ancient prophylactic symbol occurring among all peoples"- Victor Schultze
   Synonyms: cautionary, prophylactic
   
   

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• spermicide, spermatocide

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