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We found 47 dictionaries with English definitions that include the word prophylactic:
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General (30 matching dictionaries)

1. prophylactic: Merriam-Webster.com [home, info]
2. prophylactic: Oxford Dictionaries [home, info]
3. prophylactic: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language [home, info]
4. prophylactic: Collins English Dictionary [home, info]
5. prophylactic: Vocabulary.com [home, info]
6. prophylactic, prophylactic: Macmillan Dictionary [home, info]
7. Prophylactic, prophylactic: Wordnik [home, info]
8. prophylactic: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary [home, info]
9. prophylactic: Wiktionary [home, info]
10. prophylactic: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed. [home, info]
11. prophylactic: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus [home, info]
12. prophylactic: Infoplease Dictionary [home, info]
13. prophylactic: Dictionary.com [home, info]
14. prophylactic (adj.): Online Etymology Dictionary [home, info]
15. prophylactic: UltraLingua English Dictionary [home, info]
16. Prophylactic: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia [home, info]
17. Prophylactic: Online Plain Text English Dictionary [home, info]
18. prophylactic: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition [home, info]
19. prophylactic: Rhymezone [home, info]
20. Prophylactic: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary [home, info]
21. prophylactic: Webster's 1828 Dictionary [home, info]
22. prophylactic: Hutchinson's Dictionary of Difficult Words [home, info]
23. prophylactic: Free Dictionary [home, info]
24. prophylactic: Hutchinson Dictionaries [home, info]
25. prophylactic: Mnemonic Dictionary [home, info]
26. prophylactic: WordNet 1.7 Vocabulary Helper [home, info]
27. prophylactic: LookWAYup Translating Dictionary/Thesaurus [home, info]
28. prophylactic: Dictionary/thesaurus [home, info]

Business (2 matching dictionaries)

29. prophylactic: Glossary of Legal Terms [home, info]
30. prophylactic: Legal dictionary [home, info]

Computing (1 matching dictionary)

31. prophylactic: Encyclopedia [home, info]

Medicine (11 matching dictionaries)

32. Prophylactic: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary [home, info]
33. prophylactic: Breast Cancer Talking Dictionary [home, info]
34. prophylactic: online medical dictionary [home, info]
35. Prophylactic: Hepatitis C Information Central [home, info]
36. prophylactic: Dictionary of Cancer Terms [home, info]
37. Prophylactic: GLOSSARY of BLOOD RELATED TERMS [home, info]
38. prophylactic: Medical dictionary [home, info]
39. Prophylactic: All About Hepatitis C [home, info]
40. prophylactic: Vitamin Glossary [home, info]
41. Prophylactic: WeMove Glossary of Terms [home, info]
42. Prophylactic: Drug Medical Dictionary [home, info]

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)

43. prophylactic: A Word A Day [home, info]
44. prophylactic: Wordcraft Dictionary [home, info]

Slang (1 matching dictionary)

45. prophylactic: Urban Dictionary [home, info]

(Note: See prophylactics for more definitions.)

Quick definitions from Macmillan ( ) Provided by Quick definitions from WordNet (prophylactic) ▸ noun:  remedy that prevents or slows the course of an illness or disease ▸ noun:  contraceptive device consisting of a thin rubber or latex sheath worn over the penis during intercourse ▸ adjective:  capable of preventing conception or impregnation ▸ adjective:  tending to ward off ("The swastika...a very ancient prophylactic symbol occurring among all peoples- Victor Schultze") ▸ adjective:  preventing or contributing to the prevention of disease ("Vaccines are prophylactic") ▸ Also see prophylactics ▸ Word origin ▸ Words similar to prophylactic ▸ Usage examples for prophylactic ▸ Popular adjectives describing prophylactic ▸ Popular nouns described by prophylactic ▸ Words that often appear near prophylactic ▸ Rhymes of prophylactic ▸ Invented words related to prophylactic