PHYLACTIC


Meaning of PHYLACTIC in English

/fi lak"tik/ , adj.

defending or protecting, esp. from disease.

[ 1700-10; phylaktikós preservative, equiv. to phylakt ( ós ) guarding (verbid of phylássein to guard) + -ikos -IC. See PROPHYLACTIC ]

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