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View definitions for preventive

preventive

adjective as in deterrent

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Example Sentences

As a result, the center found, many Californians are choosing to delay or forgo healthcare, including some preventive care.

According to Winslow: “Future progress in the reduction of mortality and in the promotion of health and efficiency depends chiefly upon the application of medical science to the early diagnosis and preventive treatment of disease.”

From Salon

Even after classes resumed, they were still doing preventive maintenance, such as removing unwieldy trees.

"It means that even my marriage will end, because actually without the preventive measures, she's not going to stay," he told the BBC.

From BBC

Cassidy has been clear all along that he supports Kennedy’s focus on preventive health.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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