preventive medicine

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noun
  1. the branch of medical science that deals with prevention of disease.

  2. a medication or other agent used for prophylaxis.

Origin of preventive medicine

1
First recorded in 1760–70

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Cultural definitions for preventive medicine

preventive medicine

A branch of medicine that promotes activities to prevent the occurrence of disease.

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