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The prevention of, or the protective treatment for, disease.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: medicine, sciences
Examples
- The role of statins in prophylaxis for cardiovascular disease is well supported by the medical literature.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
The prevention of, or the protective treatment for, disease.
The cleaning of a patient's teeth.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, sometimes, specifically, uncountable
Topics: medicine, sciences
Examples
- We did his semiannual prophylaxis today, and his teeth and gums were found to be healthy.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: prophy, dental
Antonyms: none provided
The prevention of, or the protective treatment for, disease.
Protective measures against acquiring a sexually transmitted disease.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, sometimes, specifically, uncountable
Topics: medicine, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Action that works to prevent some bad outcome.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly, countable, uncountable
Examples
- The central bankers viewed these moves as prophylaxis against inflation.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Action that works to prevent some bad outcome.
A move or strategy that frustrates an opponent's plan or tactic.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly, countable, uncountable
Topics: board-games, chess, games
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
the prevention of disease
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: prevention, bar
From Latin, from Ancient Greek πρό (pró, “before”) + φύλαξις (phúlaxis, “a watching, guarding”).
Across languages
Translations
35 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Arabic:
وِقَايَة
(wiqāya)
— prevention of, or protective treatment for disease
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Armenian:
պրոֆիլակտիկա
(profilaktika)
— prevention of, or protective treatment for disease
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Armenian:
կանխարգելում
(kanxargelum)
— prevention of, or protective treatment for disease
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Belarusian:
прафіла́ктыка
(prafiláktyka)
— prevention of, or protective treatment for disease
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Bulgarian:
профилактика
(profilaktika)
— prevention of, or protective treatment for disease
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Catalan:
profilaxi
— prevention of, or protective treatment for disease
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Chinese Mandarin:
預防 /预防
(yùfáng)
— prevention of, or protective treatment for disease
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Danish:
profylakse
— prevention of, or protective treatment for disease
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Dutch:
profylaxe
— prevention of, or protective treatment for disease
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Dutch:
profylaxis
— prevention of, or protective treatment for disease
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Estonian:
profülaktika
— prevention of, or protective treatment for disease
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Finnish:
ehkäisy
— prevention of, or protective treatment for disease
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Finnish:
ehkäisyhoito
— prevention of, or protective treatment for disease
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French:
prophylaxie
— prevention of, or protective treatment for disease
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German:
Prophylaxe
— prevention of, or protective treatment for disease
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German:
Vorbeugung
— prevention of, or protective treatment for disease
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Hungarian:
megelőzés
— prevention of, or protective treatment for disease
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Hungarian:
kórmegelőzés
— prevention of, or protective treatment for disease
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Hungarian:
profilaxis
— prevention of, or protective treatment for disease
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Hungarian:
megelőző kezelés
— prevention of, or protective treatment for disease
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Irish:
urchoscacht
— prevention of, or protective treatment for disease
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Italian:
profilassi
— prevention of, or protective treatment for disease
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Japanese:
予防
(yobō)
— prevention of, or protective treatment for disease
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Kazakh:
алдын алу
(aldyn alu)
— prevention of, or protective treatment for disease
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Norwegian Bokmål:
profylakse
— prevention of, or protective treatment for disease
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
profylakse
— prevention of, or protective treatment for disease
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Polish:
profilaktyka
— prevention of, or protective treatment for disease
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Portuguese:
profilaxia
— prevention of, or protective treatment for disease
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Russian:
профила́ктика
(profiláktika)
— prevention of, or protective treatment for disease
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Sicilian:
prufilassi
— prevention of, or protective treatment for disease
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Spanish:
profilaxis
— prevention of, or protective treatment for disease
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Swedish:
profylax
— prevention of, or protective treatment for disease
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Ukrainian:
профіла́ктика
(profiláktyka)
— prevention of, or protective treatment for disease
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Walloon:
espaitchance
— prevention of, or protective treatment for disease
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Welsh:
proffylacsis
— prevention of, or protective treatment for disease
