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Meaning of preventive

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  preventive
      adj 1: preventing or contributing to the prevention of disease;
             "preventive medicine"; "vaccines are prophylactic"; "a
             prophylactic drug" [syn: {preventive}, {preventative},
             {prophylactic}]
      2: tending to prevent or hinder [syn: {preventive},
         {preventative}] [ant: {permissive}]
      n 1: remedy that prevents or slows the course of an illness or
           disease; "the doctor recommended several preventatives"
           [syn: {preventive}, {preventative}, {prophylactic}]
      2: any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome [syn:
         {hindrance}, {hinderance}, {hitch}, {preventive},
         {preventative}, {encumbrance}, {incumbrance}, {interference}]
      3: an agent or device intended to prevent conception [syn:
         {contraceptive}, {preventive}, {preventative}, {contraceptive
         device}, {prophylactic device}, {birth control device}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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