I. adjective
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And prophylactic drug use soared, particularly in the black community.
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Monamine oxidase inhibitors are used occasionally in migraine patients who are refractory to other prophylactic drugs.
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One must be realistic about the goal of prophylactic therapy.
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Such was the perceived risk of a patient developing cancer that prophylactic colectomy has been recommended.
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The prophylactic anthelmintic regimens practised for Ostertagia or Haemonchus are usually sufficient to control this parasite.
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Treatment consists of sedation with haloperidol or other medication, prophylactic antibiotics, and rest.
II. noun
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Down at the tideline an island boy and his younger brother played with a handful of their own certified prophylactics.
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He hissed those words under his breath, your friend, his fingers digging mindlessly into the clear plastic packets of prophylactics.