Synonyms:
preventive, preventative, prophylactic
Meaning: preventing or contributing to the prevention of disease; "preventive medicine"; "vaccines are prophylactic"; "a prophylactic drug"
Synonyms:
preventive, preventative
Meaning: tending to prevent or hinder
noun
meaning of the word
Synonyms:
contraceptive, preventive, preventative, contraceptive_device, prophylactic_device, birth_control_device
Meaning: an agent or device intended to prevent conception
Synonyms:
hindrance, hinderance, hitch, preventive, preventative, encumbrance, incumbrance, interference
Meaning: any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome
Synonyms:
preventive, preventative, prophylactic
Meaning: remedy that prevents or slows the course of an illness or disease; "the doctor recommended several preventatives"
Usage examples
Probably inoculation with cultivated or modified virus would be found a good and safe preventative."