📖 WordNook

preventive

adjective
  1. preventing or contributing to the prevention of disease
    “preventive medicine”
    prophylactic
  2. tending to prevent or hinder
    preventative
noun
  1. an agent or device intended to prevent conception
    preventativecontraceptivecontraceptive deviceprophylactic devicebirth control device
  2. any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome
    hitch
  3. remedy that prevents or slows the course of an illness or disease
    preventative