Preventive /(?)/
Pre·vent·ive
Preventive
a.
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Going before; preceding. [Obs.]
Any previous counsel or preventive understanding.
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Tending to defeat or hinder; obviating; preventing the access of; as, a medicine preventive of disease.
Physic is either curative or preventive.
Phrases & Compounds
- Preventive service
- the duty performed by the armed police in guarding the coast against smuggling.
Preventive
n.
- That which prevents, hinders, or obstructs; that which intercepts access; in medicine, something to prevent disease; a prophylactic.