Preventive Definition & Meaning
preventive
- adjective
- preventing or contributing to the prevention of disease; "preventive medicine"; "vaccines are prophylactic"; "a prophylactic drug"
- tending to prevent or hinder
- noun
- remedy that prevents or slows the course of an illness or disease; "the doctor recommended several preventatives"
- any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome
- an agent or device intended to prevent conception
"Preventive" in song lyrics
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"medicine for dogs heartworm preventive"
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"scotts crabgrass preventive"
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"r c 1000rust preventive"
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Words that rhyme with preventive
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- What does preventive mean?
- preventing or contributing to the prevention of disease; "preventive medicine"; "vaccines are prophylactic"; "a prophylactic drug" tending to prevent or hinder remedy that prevents or slows the course of an illness or disease; "the doctor recommended several preventatives" any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome an agent or device intended to prevent conception
- What part of speech is preventive?
- Preventive is an adjective and a noun.
- How many definitions does preventive have?
- Preventive has 5 definitions across 2 parts of speech (adjective, noun).