Prophylactic (Adjective)
Meaning 1
Preventing or contributing to the prevention of disease; "preventive medicine"; "vaccines are prophylactic"; "a prophylactic drug".
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Meaning 2
Capable of preventing conception or impregnation; "contraceptive devices and medications".
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Meaning 3
Warding off; "the swastika...a very ancient prophylactic symbol occurring among all peoples"- Victor Schultze.
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