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preventative medicine

preventative medicine noun: medicine given to prevent illness, rather than treat it.

Noun

preventative medicine (countable and uncountable, plural preventative medicines)

  1. medicine given to prevent illness, rather than treat it.

Forms of preventative medicine

pluralpreventative medicines

Questions about preventative medicine

What does preventative medicine mean?
Preventative medicine means medicine given to prevent illness, rather than treat it.
What part of speech is preventative medicine?
Preventative medicine is a noun.
What is the plural of preventative medicine?
The plural of preventative medicine is preventative medicines.

Words near preventative medicine in the dictionary

  1. preventableness
  2. preventables
  3. preventably
  4. preventative
  5. preventative maintenance
  6. preventative medicine
  7. preventative medicines
  8. preventatively
  9. preventatives
  10. prevented
  11. preventer

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