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prophylactic

English

  1. 🔊 warding off
    “the swastika...a very ancient prophylactic symbol occurring among all peoples”
  2. 🔊 capable of preventing conception or impregnation
    “contraceptive devices and medications”
  3. 🔊 preventing or contributing to the prevention of disease
    “preventive medicine”
  4. 🔊 remedy that prevents or slows the course of an illness or disease
    “the doctor recommended several preventatives”
  5. 🔊 contraceptive device consisting of a sheath of thin rubber or latex that is worn over the penis during intercourse

Spanish

  1. 🔊 profiláctico prophylactic

Similar words

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