A medicine or other agent that gives protection from disease or infection. Obsolete.
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释义 | the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > prophylactic medicine > [noun] (11) preservativec1425 A medicine or other agent that gives protection from disease or infection. Obsolete. preservationc1475 A means of preserving; a preservative, spec. a medicine or other agent that gives protection from disease or infection. Now rare. prophylactic?1541 A medicine or course of action taken to prevent or as a precaution against disease, etc. Hence more widely: a protective measure, a precaution. preserve1554 A thing which preserves; a preservative. Obsolete. preservatory1654 A means of preserving or protecting; a substance or object that gives protection from disease or deterioration; a preservative. Now rare. preventive1666 Medicine. A drug, foodstuff, procedure, etc., used to protect against or prevent disease. With against, of; also (rare) for. preventative1699 Medicine. = preventive, n. 2. With against, for, of. phylactic1711 A medicinal substance or remedy that protects from disease, toxicity, or infection. toxoid1900 A modification or transformation product of a toxin, in which the toxophoric group of atoms is lost, and which has therefore no toxic effect, but… Subcategories:— specific (2) |
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