preventative
预防性,预防性的,防范性,防治性
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Definitions
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- : Medicine/Medical. of or noting a drug, vaccine, etc., for preventing disease; prophylactic.
- : serving to prevent or hinder: preventive measures.
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- : Medicine/Medical. a drug or other substance for preventing disease.
- : a preventive agent or measure.
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Examples
The observed decrease in older adults is likely due to preventive screening, which is recommended and advocated for people over 50 and has been undertaken by a larger fraction of the population.
Small wonder California’s fire ethos has much more in common with a field surgeon wielding a bone saw than a preventive medicine specialist with a tray full of vaccines.
Smartphones, laptops, smart watches, tablets, and smart speakers track vocal patterns and detect changes in health, enabling preventive, proactive self-care.
The government’s own figures say there were 5,116 “preventive arrests,” but campaigners do not believe this accounts for everybody.
While ambulances are useful in a pandemic, “we realized there was the option to help with preventive measures,” says Emily Young ’18, the organization’s cofounder and executive director.
If you know that you get less joyous in winter months, you have to start a preventative approach.
He also seizes the opportunity to do public outreach, educating locals on HIV and AIDS as well as preventative methods.
While medications have improved, the use of preventative drugs like Truvada remains hotly debated.
Crow explained that his site put preventative measures in place to preclude trolls from reigning.
The law outlines what such preventative care encompasses and includes contraception.
I believe, my dear friends, that I have given you a sufficient preventative against all these follies.
Pieces of consecrated bread carried home and preserved is a against the bite of a mad dog.