prophylaxis
/pɹɔfɪˈlæksɪs/
prophylaxis noun: the prevention of, or the protective treatment for, disease.
Noun
prophylaxis (countable and uncountable, plural prophylaxes)
- The prevention of, or the protective treatment for, disease.
- The role of statins in prophylaxis for cardiovascular disease is well supported by the medical literature.
- The cleaning of a patient's teeth.
- We did his semiannual prophylaxis today, and his teeth and gums were found to be healthy.
- Protective measures against acquiring a sexually transmitted disease.
- Action that works to prevent some bad outcome.
- The central bankers viewed these moves as prophylaxis against inflation.
prophylaxis meaning in Tamil, Malayalam and Arabic
prophylaxis in Tamil
- தவிர்க்கும் முறை, நோய்த்தடுப்பு முறை, வருமுன் தடுப்பு, தடுப்பு, நோய்தடுக்கின்ற, நோய்த்தடுப்பு
prophylaxis in Malayalam
- preventive treatment, prevention, protection
- രോഗപ്രതിരോധം, രോഗനിവാരണം, രോഗനിരോധം, തടുക്കൽ, നിവാരം, നിവാരണം
prophylaxis in Arabic
- prevention of, or protective treatment for disease
- وِقَايَة wiqāya
Examples of prophylaxis in a sentence
- At first, the prophylaxis budgeting efforts were triaged to the areas with the highest seropositivity.
- Although divalproex and topiramate are anticonvulsants, they are more properly termed neurostabilizers when used for migraine prophylaxis.
- However, when used for migraine prophylaxis, these agents may be more properly described as neurostabilizers.
Synonyms of prophylaxis
Forms of prophylaxis
| plural | prophylaxes |
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Origin of prophylaxis
From Latin, from Ancient Greek πρό (pró, “before”) + φύλαξις (phúlaxis, “a watching, guarding”).
Words formed from prophylaxis
- chemoprophylaxis
- fluoroprophylaxis
- homeoprophylaxis
- immunoprophylaxis
- metaprophylaxis
- monoprophylaxis
- pharmacoprophylaxis
- post-exposure prophylaxis
- postprophylaxis
- pre-exposure prophylaxis
- preprophylaxis
- propho
- prophylactic
- prophylaxed
- psychoprophylaxis
- seroprophylaxis
- thromboprophylaxis
- zooprophylaxis
Words that rhyme with prophylaxis
Questions about prophylaxis
- What does prophylaxis mean?
- Prophylaxis means the prevention of, or the protective treatment for, disease.
- What is prophylaxis in Tamil?
- Prophylaxis in Tamil is தவிர்க்கும் முறை, நோய்த்தடுப்பு முறை, வருமுன் தடுப்பு. See Prophylaxis meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is prophylaxis?
- Prophylaxis is a noun.
- How do you pronounce prophylaxis?
- Prophylaxis is pronounced /pɹɔfɪˈlæksɪs/.
- What is the plural of prophylaxis?
- The plural of prophylaxis is prophylaxes.
Words near prophylaxis in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: prophylaxis (page history and authors); prophylaxis (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); prophylaxis (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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