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Quick definitions from WordNet (preventive)
▸ noun: remedy that prevents or slows the course of an illness or disease
▸ noun: an agent or device intended to prevent conception
▸ noun: any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome
▸ adjective: tending to prevent or hinder
▸ adjective: preventing or contributing to the prevention of disease ("Preventive medicine")
▸ adjective: tending to ward off
▸ Also see preventives
▸ Words similar to preventive
▸ Usage examples for preventive
▸ Popular adjectives describing preventive
▸ Popular nouns described by preventive
▸ Words that often appear near preventive
▸ Rhymes of preventive
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▸ noun: remedy that prevents or slows the course of an illness or disease
▸ noun: an agent or device intended to prevent conception
▸ noun: any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome
▸ adjective: tending to prevent or hinder
▸ adjective: preventing or contributing to the prevention of disease ("Preventive medicine")
▸ adjective: tending to ward off
▸ Also see preventives
▸ Words similar to preventive
▸ Usage examples for preventive
▸ Popular adjectives describing preventive
▸ Popular nouns described by preventive
▸ Words that often appear near preventive
▸ Rhymes of preventive
▸ Invented words related to preventive