PREVENTION


Meaning of PREVENTION in English

/pri ven"sheuhn/ , n.

1. the act of preventing; effectual hindrance.

2. a preventive: This serum is a prevention against disease.

[ 1520-30; praevention- (s. of praeventio ) a forestalling. See PREVENT, -ION ]

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