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   Pre·ven·tive

   /prēˈven(t)iv/

   

   adjective

   • 1. designed to keep something undesirable such as illness, harm, or accidents from occurring: "preventive medicine" Similar inhibitorypreventativedeterrentpreemptiveobstructiveprecautionaryprotectiveprophylacticdisease-preventingprecautionarypreventativeprotective

   noun

   • 1. a medicine or other treatment designed to stop disease or ill health from occurring: "quinine was used as a malaria preventive" Similar prophylacticprophylactic deviceprophylactic medicinepreventativepreventive drug

   Derivatives

   • 1. preventively adverb

   Scrabble Points: 18

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