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- noun Plural form of
prophylactic .
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Examples
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This rinderpest of geometry cannot be cured, when once it has seated itself in the system: all that can be done is to apply what the learned call prophylactics to those who are yet sound.
A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume II (of II) Augustus De Morgan 1838
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The consultancy advises companies on medical protocols that allow their clients to better manage the impact of AIDS, including the use of preventative medicine such as prophylactics to extend the lives of asymptomatic (healthy) HIV positive members, as well as guidelines in treating sick members.
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When she indelicately requested that he issue her a large quantity of prophylactics, his eyebrows shot up, “Jane, really!”
A Covert Affair Jennet Conant 2011
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When she indelicately requested that he issue her a large quantity of prophylactics, his eyebrows shot up, “Jane, really!”
A Covert Affair Jennet Conant 2011
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Bactericides were an obvious goal, but Kuhn felt other similar compounds might be developed as prophylactics to inhibit initial growth of bacteria, thus avoiding unwanted side-effects associated with emergency therapy.
Richard Kuhn and the Chemical Institute: Double Bonds and Biological Mechanisms 2010
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The court found three key renal statements: “Visipaque may be better than a LOCM,” “Visipaque is better than all LOCM,” and “Visipaque is as good as or better than a LOCM with prophylactics.”
Archive 2009-04-01 Rebecca Tushnet 2009
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However, before I do offer my reasonable explanation, I'd like to acknowledge all the men out there who, as a result of knowing about the numerous prophylactics in my home offered to take me out, or explicitly tell me what they're 'in to', asked what I was 'in to' or if I was double jointed, please know that I'm going to miss all that classy, wholesome attention.
Alyson Renaldo: Condoms in the Foyer Alyson Renaldo 2011
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By the way Dave, I have to disagree with you about the condom comment - as clever as it is ... at least half of my six siblings were the result of perforated prophylactics ... okay that and Budweiser ... but the point remains, we are glad they are all here just the same!
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However, before I do offer my reasonable explanation, I'd like to acknowledge all the men out there who, as a result of knowing about the numerous prophylactics in my home offered to take me out, or explicitly tell me what they're 'in to', asked what I was 'in to' or if I was double jointed, please know that I'm going to miss all that classy, wholesome attention.
Alyson Renaldo: Condoms in the Foyer Alyson Renaldo 2011
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By the way Dave, I have to disagree with you about the condom comment - as clever as it is ... at least half of my six siblings were the result of perforated prophylactics ... okay that and Budweiser ... but the point remains, we are glad they are all here just the same!
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