prophylactic has definitions from the fields of sexuality,medicine,pharmacology
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[ noun ] (medicine,pharmacology) remedy that prevents or slows the course of an illness or disease

Examples

"the doctor recommended several preventatives"

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remedy

2
[ adjective ] (medicine) preventing or contributing to the prevention of disease

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"preventive medicine" "vaccines are prophylactic" "a prophylactic drug"

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healthful

3
[ adjective ] tending to ward off

Examples

"the swastika...a very ancient prophylactic symbol occurring among all peoples"- Victor Schultze

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protective

4
[ adjective ] capable of preventing conception or impregnation

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"contraceptive devices and medications"

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protective

5
[ noun ] (sexuality) contraceptive device consisting of a thin rubber or latex sheath worn over the penis during intercourse

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contraceptive

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