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prophylactic

[ proh-fuh-lak-tik, prof-uh- ]

adjective

  1. defending or protecting from disease or infection, as a drug.
  2. preventive or protective.


noun

  1. Medicine/Medical. a prophylactic medicine or measure.
  2. a device, usually a rubber sheath, used to prevent conception or venereal infection; condom.

prophylactic

/ 藢辫谤蓲蹿瑟藞濒忙办迟瑟办 /

adjective

  1. protecting from or preventing disease
  2. protective or preventive
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. a prophylactic drug or device, esp a condom
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 辫谤辞路辫丑测路濒补肠路迟颈路肠补濒路濒测 adverb
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of prophylactic1

First recorded in 1565鈥75; from Greek 辫谤辞辫丑测濒补办迟颈办贸蝉 鈥渙f guarding,鈥 equivalent to prophylak- (base of 辫谤辞辫丑测濒谩蝉蝉别颈苍 鈥渢o guard beforehand鈥) + -tikos -tic; prophylaxis
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of prophylactic1

C16: via French from Greek prophulaktikos, from prophulassein to guard by taking advance measures, from pro- 虏 + phulax a guard
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Pallett says such prophylactic use of the drugs, though unavoidable, can 鈥渁dd fuel to the fire鈥 by promoting the evolution and spread of genes for drug resistance.

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Section 143 states "the regulations may impose a special restriction or requirement such as requiring a person to be vaccinated or to receive other prophylactic treatments".

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What they found was that it didn't matter whether the patient was treated with prophylactic antibiotics or not when it came to rates of post-operative infection.

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Thirty minutes after the single dose of alcohol, the prophylactic application of the gel reduced the alcohol level in the mice by 40 percent.

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Authorized by the FDA for emergency use, it鈥檚 given prophylactically and can help recipients prevent COVID-19 if they are later exposed to an infected person.

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