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Meaning Of Preventive

a.

Going before; preceding.
a.

Tending to defeat or hinder; obviating; preventing the access of; as, a medicine preventive of disease.
n.

That which prevents, hinders, or obstructs; that which intercepts access; in medicine, something to prevent disease; a prophylactic.

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