PREVENTIVE MEDICINE

Meaning of PREVENTIVE MEDICINE in English

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

2. a medication or other agent used for prophylaxis.

[ 1760-70 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012

PREVENTIVE MEDICINE — Efforts toward disease prevention in the community and the individual. It covers patient interviews and testing to detect risk factors; …
Английский словарь Британика
PREVENTIVE MEDICINE — noun : a branch of medical science dealing with methods (as vaccination) of preventing the occurrence of disease : prophylaxis
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PREVENTIVE MEDICINE — methods of treatment taken in order to prevent in advance the appearance of the disease in the future
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
PREVENTIVE MEDICINE — efforts directed toward the prevention of disease, either in the community as a whole-an important part of what is broadly …
Britannica English vocabulary
PREVENTIVE MEDICINE — preˌventive ˈmedicine BrE AmE noun [uncountable] medical treatment, advice, and health education that is designed to prevent disease happening rather …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
PREVENTIVE MEDICINE — noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ He says physicians should be well-trained in standard medical care and also grounded in preventive …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
PREVENTIVE MEDICINE — Efforts toward disease prevention in the community and the individual. It covers patient interviews and testing to detect risk factors; …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
PREVENTIVE MEDICINE — The anticipation, communication, prediction, identification, prevention, education, risk assessment, and control of communicable diseases, illnesses and exposure to endemic, occupational, …
DOD English Dictionary of Military Terms
PREVENTIVE MEDICINE — Medicine designed to avert and avoid disease. Screening for hypertension and treating it before it causes disease is good preventive …
English Dictionary of Medicine
PREVENTIVE MEDICINE — профилактическая медицина предупредительная медицина
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
PREVENTIVE MEDICINE — Профилактика
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
PREVENTIVE MEDICINE — профилактическая медицина
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
PREVENTIVE MEDICINE — профилактическая медицина
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
PREVENTIVE MEDICINE — профилактическая медицина
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
PREVENTIVE MEDICINE — профилактическая медицина
Англо-Русский физический словарь
PREVENTIVE MEDICINE — профилактическая медицина
Новый Англо-Русский медицинский словарь
PREVENTIVE MEDICINE — профилактическая медицина предупредительная медицина
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
PREVENTIVE — adj preventive; medicina preventive preventive medicine; prision preventive, detention preventive preliminary detention
Interlingua English vocab
MEDICINE — I Set of scientific fields related to prevention, diagnosis , and treatment of disease and maintenance of health, practiced in …
Английский словарь Британика
PREVENTIVE — I. prēˈventiv, prə̇ˈ-, -tēv also -təv noun ( -s ) Etymology: prevent + -ive, n. suffix : something that prevents …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
MEDICINE — I. ˈmedəsə̇n, chiefly Brit -dsə̇n noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English medecine, medicine, from Old French, from Latin medicina, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PREVENTIVE — (a.) Tending to defeat or hinder; obviating; preventing the access of; as, a medicine preventive of disease.
Английский словарь Webster
MEDICINE — (v. t.) To give medicine to; to affect as a medicine does; to remedy; to cure.
Английский словарь Webster
PREVENTIVE — — preventively , adv. — preventiveness , n. /pri ven"tiv/ , adj. 1. Med. of or noting a drug, vaccine, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
MEDICINE — /med"euh sin/ or, esp. Brit., /med"seuhn/ , n. , v. , medicined, medicining . n. 1. any substance or substances …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
PREVENTIVE — I. -ˈven-tiv noun Date: circa 1639 : something that prevents ; especially : something used to prevent disease II. adjective …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
PREVENTIVE — adj going before; preceding. 2. preventive ·adj tending to defeat or hinder; obviating; preventing the access of; as, a medicine …
Webster English vocab
MEDICINE — noun a philter or love potion. 2. medicine ·noun a physician. 3. medicine ·add. ·noun short for medicine man. 4. …
Webster English vocab
MEDICINE — the practice concerned with the maintenance of health and the prevention, alleviation, or cure of disease. The World Health Organization …
Britannica English vocabulary
PREVENTIVE — preventive BrE AmE pri ˈvent ɪv prə- AmE \ -ˈven t̬ ɪv ▷ preventive|ly li ▷ preventive|ness nəs nɪs ▷ …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
MEDICINE — medicine BrE AmE ˈmed s ə n -sɪn, ˈmed ɪs ə n, -əs-, -ɪn ▷ medicine|s z ▶ ˈ medicine …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
PREVENTIVE — / prɪˈventɪv; NAmE / (also pre·venta·tive / prɪˈventətɪv; NAmE /) adjective [ only before noun ] intended to try to …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
MEDICINE — / ˈmedsn; NAmE ; -dɪsn/ noun 1. [ U ] the study and treatment of diseases and injuries : advances …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PREVENTIVE — pre ‧ vent ‧ ive /prɪˈventɪv/ BrE AmE ( also preventative ) adjective [only before noun] [ Word Family: adjective …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
MEDICINE — medi ‧ cine S2 W3 /ˈmeds ə n $ ˈmedəs ə n/ BrE AmE noun [ Word Family: noun : …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
PREVENTIVE — adj. & n. --adj. serving to prevent, esp. preventing disease, breakdown, etc. (preventive medicine; preventive maintenance). --n. a preventive agent, …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
MEDICINE — n. 1 the science or practice of the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of disease, esp. as distinct from surgical methods. …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
PREVENTIVE — adj. & n. adj. serving to prevent, esp. preventing disease, breakdown, etc. (preventive medicine; preventive maintenance). n. a preventive agent, …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
MEDICINE — n. 1 the science or practice of the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of disease, esp. as distinct from surgical methods. …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
PREVENTIVE — adj. & n. --adj. serving to prevent, esp. preventing disease, breakdown, etc. (preventive medicine; preventive maintenance). --n. a preventive agent, …
Oxford English vocab
MEDICINE — n.1 the science or practice of the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of disease, esp. as distinct from surgical methods. 2 …
Oxford English vocab
PREVENTIVE — Preventive actions are intended to help prevent things such as disease or crime. Too much is spent on expensive curative …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
MEDICINE — ( medicines) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. Medicine is the treatment …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PREVENTIVE — adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES preventive detention preventive medicine COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ NOUN action ▪ Isabel became suddenly aware …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
MEDICINE — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a food/medicine/clothes cupboard British English ▪ The medicine cupboard's in the bathroom. a prescription drug/medicine …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
PREVENTIVE — preventative [adjective] [not gradable]Preventive actions are intended to stop something before it happens.In the past 10 years, preventive measures have …
Cambridge English vocab
MEDICINE — (SUBSTANCE) [noun] - a substance which is drunk or swallowed as a treatment for illness or injuryOne of my medicines …
Cambridge English vocab
MEDICINE — n. Ayurvedic medicine aerospace medicine alternative medicine complementary medicine Chinese medicine traditional family medicine forensic medicine holistic medicine industrial medicine …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
MEDICINE — Synonyms and related words : anatomy, anesthesiology, audiology, bacteriology, balm, balsam, cardiology, chiropody, corpse reviver, cure, cure-all, dental surgery, dentistry, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
MEDICINE — noun 1 science of treating/preventing illness ADJECTIVE ▪ modern ▪ advances in modern ~ ▪ traditional ▪ qualified in traditional …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
PREVENTIVE — n. 25B6; adjective preventive maintenance : PRE-EMPTIVE, deterrent, precautionary, protective. preventive medicine : PROPHYLACTIC, disease-preventing. 25B6; noun a preventive against …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
MEDICINE
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
PREVENTIVE — adj. 1 preventative, preventing, hindering, impeding, restraining, hampering, inhibitive or inhibitory, inhibiting, restrictive We must take preventive steps to ensure …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
MEDICINE — noun BAD : After drinking the medicine, I felt sleepy. GOOD : After taking the medicine, I felt sleepy. ◆◆◆ …
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary
PREVENTIVE — 1. прил. 1) предупредительный, предохранительный; превентивный preventive measure ≈ предупредительная мера preventive arrest/detention ≈ превентивный арест 2) профилактический тж. мед. …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
MEDICINE — сущ. 1) медицина, особ. терапия to practise medicine ≈ заниматься врачебной практикой, быть практикующим врачом to study medicine ≈ изучать …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
PREVENTIVE — preventive.ogg 1. prıʹventıv n 1. предупредительная мера 2. мед. профилактическое средство 3. противозачаточное средство 2. prıʹventıv a 1> предупредительный, предохранительный; …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
MEDICINE — medicine.ogg 1. ʹmeds(ə)n n 1. медицина, особ. терапия to study medicine - изучать медицину, учиться на врача to practise medicine …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
PREVENTIVE — профилактическое средство || профилактический - oxidation preventive - thick-film rust preventive - thin-film rust preventive
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
PREVENTIVE — профилактическое средство || профилактический - oxidation preventive - thick-film rust preventive - thin-film rust preventive
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь - РУССО
PREVENTIVE — 1) превентивный 2) предохранительный 3) предупредительный 4) профилактический • preventive maintenance rate — норма профилактики preventive maintenance ratio — коэффициент профилактики - preventive inspection - preventive maintenance - preventive …
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
MEDICINE — medicine сущ.1) медицина, особенно терапия to practise medicine — заниматься врачебной практикой, быть практикующим врачом to study medicine — изучать …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
PREVENTIVE — 1. prıʹventıv n 1. предупредительная мера 2. мед. профилактическое средство 3. противозачаточное средство 2. prıʹventıv a 1) предупредительный, предохранительный; профилактический …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
MEDICINE — 1. ʹmeds(ə)n n 1. медицина, особ. терапия to study medicine - изучать медицину, учиться на врача to practise medicine - …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь

Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary

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