Preventive

Definitions

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

Equivalents

Examples

“Dogs should be warmly but airily housed; heartily, but not heatingly, fed — old Indian meal, mixed with oatmeal, suppawn, is the best general food, with a small quantity of salt, which is a preventive against worms […]”

“Eaten with sugar yaourt is very palatable and refreshing in warm weather and is said to be a preventive of fever.”

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