PROPHYLACTIC


Meaning of PROPHYLACTIC in English

I. adjective

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And prophylactic drug use soared, particularly in the black community.

Monamine oxidase inhibitors are used occasionally in migraine patients who are refractory to other prophylactic drugs.

One must be realistic about the goal of prophylactic therapy.

Such was the perceived risk of a patient developing cancer that prophylactic colectomy has been recommended.

The prophylactic anthelmintic regimens practised for Ostertagia or Haemonchus are usually sufficient to control this parasite.

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.

He hissed those words under his breath, your friend, his fingers digging mindlessly into the clear plastic packets of prophylactics.

Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary.      Дополнительный английский словарь Longman DOCE5.