as in preventive
concerned with or serving to keep something from happening
the many prophylactic measures that city officials could have taken to reduce the scope of the disaster
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Another potential form of prophylactic treatment is low-dose antibiotics.
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Sandra Rose Salathe, Flow Space, 3 July 2024
While sibling tension is a common dynamic within TV family portrayals, the trailer resolves such banter by offering a father’s regret for failing to employ prophylactic measures to avoid parenthood.
—Kyle Bowser, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Apr. 2024
Preventive treatment could also include more drastic steps like the surgical removal of one or both breasts called a prophylactic mastectomy to decrease the chances of developing breast cancer, for example.
—Katie Camero, USA TODAY, 25 Mar. 2024
One cohort took prophylactic crofelemer 125 mg BID and loperamide in the first 2 cycles, and as needed in the subsequent cycles.
—Miami Herald, 25 Jan. 2024
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Sandra Rose Salathe, Flow Space, 3 July 2024
While sibling tension is a common dynamic within TV family portrayals, the trailer resolves such banter by offering a father’s regret for failing to employ prophylactic measures to avoid parenthood.
—Kyle Bowser, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Apr. 2024
Preventive treatment could also include more drastic steps like the surgical removal of one or both breasts called a prophylactic mastectomy to decrease the chances of developing breast cancer, for example.
—Katie Camero, USA TODAY, 25 Mar. 2024
One cohort took prophylactic crofelemer 125 mg BID and loperamide in the first 2 cycles, and as needed in the subsequent cycles.
—Miami Herald, 25 Jan. 2024
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“Prophylactic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prophylactic. Accessed 30 Oct. 2024.
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