prophylaxis
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fəˈlæk noun
1.
Medicine/Medical.
a.
the preventing of disease.
b.
the prevention of a specific disease, as by studying the biological behavior, transmission, etc., of its causative agent and applying a series of measures against it.
2.
prophylactic treatment, as the cleaning of the teeth by a dentist or dental hygienist.
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| —n | |
| the prevention of disease or control of its possible spread | |
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Prophylaxis
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American Heritage
Medical Dictionary
prophylaxis pro·phy·lax·is (prō'fə-lāk'sĭs, prŏf'ə-)
n. pl. pro·phy·lax·es (-lāk'sēz')
Prevention of or protective treatment for disease.
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Example sentences
Using a hospital-based anesthesia adds thousands of dollars to the cost of a simple dental examination and prophylaxis.
Taking malaria prophylaxis makes more sense for those countries, depending on where the visitor is headed.
The dentist- the great profile-corrector and prophylaxis champion- is exposed as a secret gobbler of sweets.
Puerperal fever came to be acknowledged to have one cause, an iatrogenic cause, absence of physician prophylaxis.
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