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preventive medicine

–noun
1. the branch of medical science that deals with prevention of disease.
2. a medication or other agent used for prophylaxis.

Origin:
1760–70
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Main Entry: preventive medicine
Function: noun
: a branch of medical science dealing with methods (as vaccination) of preventing the occurrence of disease
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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preventive medicine n.
The branch of medical science concerned with the prevention of disease and the promotion of physical and mental health through the study of the etiology and epidemiology of disease processes.

The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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