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preventive

English

  1. 🔊 preventing or contributing to the prevention of disease
    “preventive medicine”
  2. 🔊 tending to prevent or hinder
  3. 🔊 remedy that prevents or slows the course of an illness or disease
    “the doctor recommended several preventatives”
  4. 🔊 an agent or device intended to prevent conception
  5. 🔊 any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome

Spanish

  1. 🔊 preventivo preventive, preemptive

Similar words

contraceptive preventative contraceptive device prophylactic device birth control device hindrance hinderance hitch preventative encumbrance incumbrance interference preventative prophylactic preventative prophylactic preventative aegis antacid anticipative anticipatory antidote arm guard backstop