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preventive 1. Med a. tending to prevent disease; prophylactic b. of or relating to the branch of medicine concerned with prolonging life and preventing disease 2. (in Britain) of, relating to, or belonging to the customs and excise service or the coastguard 3. Med any drug or agent that tends to prevent or protect against disease 4. another name for contraceptive How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Multicenter survey of the changing in vitro antimicrobial susceptibilities of clinical isolates of Bacteroides fragilis group, Prevotella, Fusobacterium, Porphyromonas, and Peptostreptococcus species. The anaerobic culture grew few beta-lactamase--positive Prevotella melaninogenica and few other beta-lactamase--positive, anaerobic, gram-negative rods. Lactoferrin, a protein derived from dairy products was found to suppress prevotella intermedia, bacteria found in periodontal disease. |
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