Associations to the word «Preventative»
Noun
- Workplace
- Surgery
- Outcome
- Threat
- Conservation
- Approach
- Pest
- Exposure
- Action
- Surveillance
- Precaution
- Monitoring
- Behavior
- Warning
- Washing
- Decrease
- Cost
- Harm
- Smoking
- Employer
- Intake
- Recommendation
- Management
- Focus
- Address
- Examination
- Inspection
- Task
- Practice
- Reduction
- Security
- Supervision
- Pregnancy
- Virus
- Deployment
- Practitioner
- Method
- Trial
- Access
- Alcohol
- Factor
- Funding
- Syndrome
- Detection
- Effect
- Stress
- Outbreak
- Condition
- Equipment
- Behaviour
- Diet
- Nursing
- Aim
- Pre
- Treat
- Disaster
- Implement
- Tool
- Plant
- Technique
- Food
- Reporting
- Problem
- Patrol
- Effort
- Preservation
- Advocate
- Fever
- Burden
- Aid
- Planning
Adjective
Adverb
Wiktionary
PREVENTATIVE, adjective. Alternative form of preventive
PREVENTATIVE, noun. Alternative form of preventive
Dictionary definition
PREVENTATIVE, noun. Remedy that prevents or slows the course of an illness or disease; "the doctor recommended several preventatives".
PREVENTATIVE, noun. Any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome.
PREVENTATIVE, noun. An agent or device intended to prevent conception.
PREVENTATIVE, adjective. Tending to prevent or hinder.
PREVENTATIVE, adjective. Preventing or contributing to the prevention of disease; "preventive medicine"; "vaccines are prophylactic"; "a prophylactic drug".
Wise words
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