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prophylactic

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
prophylactic /ˌprɒfɪˈlaktɪk/

▶adjective intended to prevent disease. ▶noun

1 a preventative medicine or course of action.

2 N. Amer. a condom.

– derivatives
prophylactically adverb.

– origin C16: from Fr. prophylactique, from Gk prophulaktikos, from pro ‘before’ + phulassein ‘to guard’.

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