Search Result for "preventative":
Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (3)
1. remedy that prevents or slows the course of an illness or disease;
- Example: "the doctor recommended several preventatives"
[syn: preventive, preventative, prophylactic]
2. any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome;
[syn: hindrance, hinderance, hitch, preventive, preventative, encumbrance, incumbrance, interference]
3. an agent or device intended to prevent conception;
[syn: contraceptive, preventive, preventative, contraceptive device, prophylactic device, birth control device]
ADJECTIVE (2)
1. tending to prevent or hinder;
[syn: preventive, preventative]
2. preventing or contributing to the prevention of disease;
- Example: "preventive medicine"
- Example: "vaccines are prophylactic"
- Example: "a prophylactic drug"
[syn: preventive, preventative, prophylactic]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Preventative \Pre*vent"a*tive\, n. That which prevents; -- incorrectly used instead of preventive. [1913 Webster]
