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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Preventive \Pre*vent"ive\, noun That which prevents, hinders, or obstructs; that which intercepts access; in medicine, something to prevent disease; a prophylactic.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Preventive \Pre*vent"ive\, adjective [Cf. F. pr['e]ventif.]
1. Going before; preceding. [Obs.]
Any previous counsel or preventive understanding. --Cudworth.
2. Tending to defeat or hinder; obviating; preventing the access of; as, a medicine preventive of disease.
Physic is either curative or preventive. --Sir T. Browne.
{Preventive service}, the duty performed by the armed police in guarding the coast against smuggling. [Eng]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
preventive
adjective
1: preventing or contributing to the prevention of disease; "preventive medicine"; "vaccines are prophylactic"; "a prophylactic drug" [syn: {preventative}, {prophylactic}]
2: tending to prevent or hinder [syn: {preventative}] [ant: {permissive}]
3: tending to ward off; "the swastika...a very ancient prophylactic symbol occurring among all peoples"- Victor Schultze [syn: {cautionary}, {prophylactic}]
noun
1: remedy that prevents or slows the course of an illness or disease; "the doctor recommended several preventatives" [syn: {preventative}, {prophylactic}]
2: any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome [syn: {hindrance}, {hitch}, {preventative}, {encumbrance}, {incumbrance}, {interference}]
3: an agent or device intended to prevent conception [syn: {contraceptive}, {preventative}, {contraceptive device}, {prophylactic device}, {birth control device}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
146 Moby Thesaurus words for "preventive": aegis, antacid, anticipative, anticipatory, antidote, arm guard, backstop, barrier, block, buffer, bulwark, bumper, contraceptive, copyright, counteractant, counteractive, counteragent, counterirritant, countermeasure, covering, crash helmet, curb, cushion, custodial, dashboard, defensive, deterrent, deterring, discouraging, dodger, ethnocentric, exceptional, excluding, exclusive, exclusory, face mask, fender, finger guard, foot guard, forbidding, forestalling, fostering, fuse, goggles, governor, guard, guardian, guarding, guardrail, hampering, hand guard, handrail, hard hat, helmet, hindering, hindrance, immunizing, impediment, impeding, inadmissible, inhibiting, inhibition, inhibitive, inhibitory, inoculant, inoculum, insular, insulation, interdictive, interdictory, interlock, knee guard, knuckle guard, laminated glass, life preserver, lifeline, lightning conductor, lightning rod, mask, mudguard, narrow, neutralizer, nose guard, nullifier, obstacle, obstruction, offset, pad, padding, palladium, parental, parochial, patent, pilot, precautionary, preclusive, prescriptive, preventative, prevention, prohibiting, prohibitive, prohibitory, prophylactic, proscriptive, protecting, protection, protective, protective clothing, protective umbrella, remedy, repressive, restraining, restrictive, safeguard, safeguarding, safety, safety glass, safety plug, safety rail, safety shoes, safety switch, safety valve, screen, screening, seat belt, seclusive, segregative, select, selective, separative, serum, sheltering, shield, shielding, shin guard, snobbish, sun helmet, suppressive, tutelary, umbrella, vaccine, vigilant, watchful, windscreen, windshield, xenophobic
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