prophylactic Definition
pro·phy·lac·tic (prō′fə lak′tik)
adjective
preventive or protective; esp., preventing or guarding against disease
Etymology: Gr prophylaktikos < prophylassein, to be on guard < pro-, before (see pro-) + phylassein, to guard < phylax, guard
noun
- a prophylactic medicine, device, treatment, etc.
- ☆ a condom
prophylactic Synonyms
prophylactic Synonyms
prophylactic Usage Examples
Converse of object
- take: Malaria is not endemic in Egypt it is therefore not necessary to take a malaria prophylactic.
- use: The quiet corner strewn, as usual, with used prophylactics and the crumpled elbows of well-finished roaches.
Adjective modifier
- good: You should seek medical advice on the best malarial prophylactics to take for the areas you will be visiting.
- anti-malarial: HEALTH PRECAUTIONS I took Larium as the prescribed anti-malarial prophylactic, but was surprised at the almost total lack of mosquitoes.
- useful: Prompting the authors to recommend the use of Acticoat as a useful prophylactic against fungal infections as it has a rapid broad-spectrum of activity.
- current: Back to top Malaria For people with epilepsy, the current recommended prophylactic - preventative - medications for malaria are proguanil and doxycycline.
Modifies a noun
- oophorectomy: Interest in prophylactic oophorectomy may fluctuate based on varying exposure to cues that trigger anxiety.
- mastectomy: Surveillance is initiated and some of the female members of the family elect to have prophylactic mastectomy.
- gastrojejunostomy: Mean survival among those who did not have a prophylactic gastrojejunostomy was 8.3 months.
- colectomy: With prophylactic colectomy, the main risks to life are the development of duodenal cancer or desmoid tumors.
- antibiotic: Limited effect of prophylactic antibiotics There were 323 patients who received placebo, of whom 52 became infected.
- cholecystectomy: However, in the case of cardiac transplant patients, post-transplantation prophylactic cholecystectomy would appear to be the most cost-effective option.
Noun used with modifier
- malaria: Malaria is not endemic in Egypt it is therefore not necessary to take a malaria prophylactic.
- post-transplantation: However, in the case of cardiac transplant patients, post-transplantation prophylactic cholecystectomy would appear to be the most cost-effective option.
- migraine: The development of migraine prophylactics therefore represents an unmet clinical need with considerable commercial potential.
- reporting: Suite at one headache reporting prophylactic being studied as poor countries to.
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