Associations to the word «Preventive»
Noun
- Dentistry
- Detention
- Wellness
- Medicine
- Intervention
- Prevention
- Vaccine
- Measure
- Pathology
- Sanitation
- Health
- Maintenance
- Disease
- Treatment
- Remedy
- Therapy
- Rust
- Medication
- Infection
- Care
- Clinic
- Cancer
- Hiv
- Cure
- Surgery
- Pregnancy
- Strategy
- Risk
- Disorder
- Service
- Factor
- Illness
- Physician
- Vaccination
- Lister
- Drug
- Benefit
- Epidemiology
- Hygiene
- Procedure
- Screening
- Hypertension
- Excise
- Corrosion
- Influenza
- Diplomacy
- Healthcare
- Malaria
- Psychiatry
- Antibiotic
- Nutrition
- Medicare
- Obesity
- Cessation
- Pharmacology
- Referral
- Regimen
- Diabetes
- Pap
- Allergy
- Blocker
- Cine
- Sickness
- Lifestyle
- Recurrence
- Malnutrition
- Counseling
- Effectiveness
Adjective
Wiktionary
PREVENTIVE, adjective. Preventing, hindering, or acting as an obstacle to.
PREVENTIVE, adjective. Carried out to deter military aggression.
PREVENTIVE, adjective. Slowing the development of an illness; prophylactic.
PREVENTIVE, adjective. (obsolete) Going before; preceding.
PREVENTIVE, noun. (dated) A thing that prevents, hinders, or acts as an obstacle to.
PREVENTIVE, noun. (nonstandard) A thing that slows the development of an illness.
PREVENTIVE, noun. A contraceptive, especially a condom.
Dictionary definition
PREVENTIVE, noun. Remedy that prevents or slows the course of an illness or disease; "the doctor recommended several preventatives".
PREVENTIVE, noun. Any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome.
PREVENTIVE, noun. An agent or device intended to prevent conception.
PREVENTIVE, adjective. Preventing or contributing to the prevention of disease; "preventive medicine"; "vaccines are prophylactic"; "a prophylactic drug".
PREVENTIVE, adjective. Tending to prevent or hinder.
Wise words
Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe.
Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with
things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.