Preventive

[prɪ'ventɪv] or [pri'vɛntɪv]

解释:

(noun.) remedy that prevents or slows the course of an illness or disease; 'the doctor recommended several preventatives'.

(adj.) preventing or contributing to the prevention of disease; 'preventive medicine'; 'vaccines are prophylactic'; 'a prophylactic drug' .

(adj.) tending to prevent or hinder .

手打:萨曼莎--From WordNet

解释:

(a.) Going before; preceding.

(a.) Tending to defeat or hinder; obviating; preventing the access of; as, a medicine preventive of disease.

(n.) That which prevents, hinders, or obstructs; that which intercepts access; in medicine, something to prevent disease; a prophylactic.

恩里科整理

同义词及近义词：

a. Prophylactic.

n. Prophylactic.

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