Sekirov Dictionary

preventive

/pɹɪˈvɛntɪv/

adjective4

  1. Preventing, hindering, or acting as an obstacle to.
  2. Carried out to deter military aggression.
  3. Slowing the development of an illness; prophylactic.
  4. (no longer used) Going before; preceding.

noun3

  1. A thing that prevents, hinders, or acts as an obstacle to.
  2. A thing that slows the development of an illness.
  3. (euphemistic) A contraceptive, especially a condom.
forms

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