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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

  1. a prophylactic medicine, device, treatment, etc.
  2. ☆ a condom

prophylactic Synonyms

prophylactic

modif.

protective, preventive, preventative; see contraceptive.

prophylactic Synonyms

prophylactic

n.

condom, rubber, sheath, Trojan (trademark); see contraceptive.

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.