Hypertext Webster Gateway: "preventative"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Preventative \Pre*vent"a*tive\, n.
That which prevents; -- incorrectly used instead of
preventive.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
preventative
adj 1: tending to prevent or hinder [syn: {preventive}] [ant: {permissive}]
2: preventing or contributing to the prevention of disease;
"preventive medicine"; "vaccines are prophylactic"; "a
prophylactic drug" [syn: {preventive}, {prophylactic}]
n 1: remedy that prevents or slows the course of an illness or
disease; "the doctor recommended several preventatives"
[syn: {preventive}, {prophylactic}]
2: any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome [syn: {hindrance},
{hitch}, {preventive}, {encumbrance}, {incumbrance}, {interference}]
3: an agent or device intended to prevent conception [syn: {contraceptive},
{preventive}, {contraceptive device}, {prophylactic
device}, {birth control device}]
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