pre·ven·tive 
(prĭ-vĕntĭv) also pre·ven·ta·tive (-tə-tĭv)
(prĭ-vĕntĭv) also pre·ven·ta·tive (-tə-tĭv)adj.
1. Intended or used to prevent or hinder; acting as an obstacle: preventive measures.
2. Carried out to deter expected aggression by hostile forces.
3. Preventing or slowing the course of an illness or disease; prophylactic: preventive medicine; preventive health care.
n.
1. Something that prevents; an obstacle.
2. Something that prevents or slows the course of an illness or disease.
pre·ventive·ly adv.
pre·ventive·ness n.
- out of character
- out of commission
- out-of-court
- out of court
- out of date
- out-of-date
- out-of-door
- out-of-door
- out-of-doors
- out-of-doors
- out of gourd
- out of hand
- out of head
- out of humor
- out of it
- out of it
- out of joint
- out of key
- out of line
- out of luck
- out of one's gourd
- out of one's head
- out of phase
- out of play
- out of plumb