Prophylactic is an adjective meaning preventive or protective against disease, and a noun for a device like a condom.
Prophylactic (proh-fuh-LAK-tik, prof-uh) is an adjective meaning protecting or preventing disease, and a noun for a preventative drug or device, like a condom.
| Front | prophylactic \proh-fuh-LAK-tik, prof-uh-\ |
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| Back | adjective 1. Protecting from or preventing disease. 2. Protective or preventive. noun 3. A prophylactic drug or device, esp a condom. [C16: via French from Greek prophulaktikos, from prophulassein to guard by taking advance measures, from pro-² + phulax a guard] |
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