[prɪˈvɛntɪv], (Adjective)

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- designed to keep something undesirable such as illness or harm from occurring
(e.g: preventive medicine)


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[prɪˈvɛntɪv], (Noun)

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- a medicine or other treatment designed to prevent disease or ill health
(e.g: quinine was used as a malaria preventive)


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