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prophylax

prophylax verb: to take measures, using pharmaceuticals or otherwise, to prevent the occurrence of a disease.

Verb

prophylax (third-person singular simple present prophylaxes, present participle prophylaxing, simple past and past participle prophylaxed)

  1. (informal) To take measures, using pharmaceuticals or otherwise, to prevent the occurrence of a disease.

Forms of prophylax

third-person singular presentprophylaxes
present participleprophylaxing
past participleprophylaxed
pastprophylaxed

Questions about prophylax

What does prophylax mean?
Prophylax means to take measures, using pharmaceuticals or otherwise, to prevent the occurrence of a disease.
What part of speech is prophylax?
Prophylax is a verb.
What is the past tense of prophylax?
The past tense of prophylax is prophylaxed.

Words near prophylax in the dictionary

  1. prophylactical
  2. prophylactically
  3. prophylactick
  4. prophylactics
  5. prophylactorium
  6. prophylax
  7. prophylaxed
  8. prophylaxes
  9. prophylaxies
  10. prophylaxis
  11. prophylaxy

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