单词 | prophylaxy |
释义 | prophylaxyn. Chiefly Medicine. = prophylaxis n. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > types of treatment generally > [noun] > preventative treatment prophylaxis1683 prophylaxy1884 1884 Amer. Naturalist 18 846 The Breant prize was awarded to Dr. Fauvel for his work upon the etiology and prophylaxy of cholera. 1890 Lancet 25 Jan. 218/1 The discussion on the prophylaxy of tuberculosis was then resumed. 1937 Manch. Guardian Commerc. 15 Jan. 46/2 Must not prophylaxy against the slump include, first and foremost, prophylaxy against the distortion of economic calculations by rearmament? 1973 T. D. Roberts et al. Area Handbk. for Ivory Coast x. 160 The army medical corps, in cooperation with the colonial government, embarked on a program of mass prophylaxy. 2004 Acta Crystallographica D. 60 453 The therapeutic prescription is for the treatment and prophylaxy of acute hyperuricaemia. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1884 |
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