meaning of preventive
1. Going before; preceding.
2. Tending to defeat or hinder; obviating; preventing the access of; as, a medicine preventive of disease.
3. That which prevents, hinders, or obstructs; that which intercepts access; in medicine, something to prevent disease; a prophylactic.
4. an agent or device intended to prevent conception
Related Words
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