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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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| Using any or all of them preventively could extend the length of your career, not to mention the height of your extensions. All growers shared a common theme--spray preventively with a triazole / strobilurin fungicide combination to control Asian soybean rust. Daily controller medications are used preventively and are currently used in more severe cases, so the use of these medications usually indicates more severe disease; however, the inconsistency with which these medications are prescribed lends considerable uncertainty to this statement. |
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