preventives

[pri-ven-tiv]

pre·ven·tive

[pri-ven-tiv]
adjective
1.
Medicine/Medical. of or noting a drug, vaccine, etc., for preventing disease; prophylactic.
2.
serving to prevent or hinder: preventive measures.
noun
3.
Medicine/Medical. a drug or other substance for preventing disease.
4.
a preventive agent or measure.

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Preventives is always a great word to know.
So is doohickey. Does it mean:
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.
Also, pre·vent·a·tive [pri-ven-tuh-tiv] (for defs. 2, 4).


Origin:
1630–40; prevent + -ive

pre·ven·tive·ly, adverb
pre·ven·tive·ness, noun
non·pre·ven·tive, adjective
non·pre·ven·tive·ly, adverb
non·pre·ven·tive·ness, noun
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un·pre·vent·a·tive, adjective
un·pre·ven·tive, adjective
un·pre·ven·tive·ly, adverb
un·pre·ven·tive·ness, noun
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