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phylactic

phylactic adjective: that protects (against disease).

Adjective

phylactic (comparative more phylactic, superlative most phylactic)

  1. That protects (against disease)
  2. Relating to phylaxis

Noun

phylactic (plural phylactics)

  1. A protection against disease

Forms of phylactic

Adjective
comparativemore phylactic
superlativemost phylactic
Noun
pluralphylactics

Words formed from phylactic

Questions about phylactic

What does phylactic mean?
Phylactic means that protects (against disease).
What part of speech is phylactic?
Phylactic can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near phylactic in the dictionary

  1. phylacterical
  2. phylacteried
  3. phylacteries
  4. phylacters
  5. phylactery
  6. phylactic
  7. phylactics
  8. phylactocarp
  9. phylactocarpal
  10. phylactocarps
  11. phylactolaemate

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