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Preventive
Webster's Dictionary
(1):
(a.) Going before; preceding.
(2):
(a.) Tending to defeat or hinder; obviating; preventing the access of; as, a medicine preventive of disease.
(3):
(n.) That which prevents, hinders, or obstructs; that which intercepts access; in medicine, something to prevent disease; a prophylactic.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Preventive'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/p/preventive.html. 1828.