Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Prevention of or protective treatment for disease.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In medicine, the guarding against the attack of some disease. Also prophylactic, prophylaxy.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Med.) The art of preserving from, or of preventing, disease; the observance of the rules necessary for the preservation of health; preservative or preventive treatment.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun medicine
Prevention of, orprotective treatment fordisease .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the prevention of disease
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Another beneficial prophylaxis is to take probiotic acididophilus and other lactic fermentation products daily, either in capsules or as yoghurt or in Yakult ™.
Treating Food/Water Poisoning in Mexico, or Any Other Place 2009
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Another beneficial prophylaxis is to take probiotic acididophilus and other lactic fermentation products daily, either in capsules or as yoghurt or in Yakult ™.
Treating Food/Water Poisoning in Mexico, or Any Other Place 2009
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Another beneficial prophylaxis is to take probiotic acididophilus and other lactic fermentation products daily, either in capsules or as yoghurt or in Yakult ™.
Treating Food/Water Poisoning in Mexico, or Any Other Place 2009
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Another beneficial prophylaxis is to take probiotic acididophilus and other lactic fermentation products daily, either in capsules or as yoghurt or in Yakult ™.
Treating Food/Water Poisoning in Mexico, or Any Other Place 2009
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Another beneficial prophylaxis is to take probiotic acididophilus and other lactic fermentation products daily, either in capsules or as yoghurt or in Yakult ™.
Treating Food/Water Poisoning in Mexico, or Any Other Place 2009
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Another beneficial prophylaxis is to take probiotic acididophilus and other lactic fermentation products daily, either in capsules or as yoghurt or in Yakult ™.
Treating Food/Water Poisoning in Mexico, or Any Other Place 2009
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Another beneficial prophylaxis is to take probiotic acididophilus and other lactic fermentation products daily, either in capsules or as yoghurt or in Yakult ™.
Treating Food/Water Poisoning in Mexico, or Any Other Place 2009
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Another beneficial prophylaxis is to take probiotic acididophilus and other lactic fermentation products daily, either in capsules or as yoghurt or in Yakult ™.
Treating Food/Water Poisoning in Mexico, or Any Other Place 2009
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Another beneficial prophylaxis is to take probiotic acididophilus and other lactic fermentation products daily, either in capsules or as yoghurt or in Yakult ™.
Treating Food/Water Poisoning in Mexico, or Any Other Place 2009
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Another beneficial prophylaxis is to take probiotic acididophilus and other lactic fermentation products daily, either in capsules or as yoghurt or in Yakult ™.
Treating Food/Water Poisoning in Mexico, or Any Other Place 2009
seanahan commented on the word prophylaxis
In chess, this word is used to describe a preventative move.
February 21, 2007