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Preventative
prɪˈvɛntətɪv
Preventative definitions
adjective
preventative
- designed to keep something undesirable such as illness or harm from occurring; preventive
"a number of preventative measures are required"
inhibitory preventive deterrent pre-emptive obstructive prophylactic disease-preventing precautionary preventive protective
noun
preventative
preventatives
- a medicine or other treatment designed to prevent disease or ill health
"there are lots of proposed jet lag remedies and preventatives"
precautionary measure deterrent preventive preventive/protective measure safeguard security protection defence hindrance block check impediment curb restraint obstruction prophylactic prophylactic device prophylactic medicine preventive preventive drug