Definition of PREVENTIVE. Meaning of PREVENTIVE. Synonyms of PREVENTIVE

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Definition of PREVENTIVE

Preventive
Preventive Pre*vent"ive, n. That which prevents, hinders, or obstructs; that which intercepts access; in medicine, something to prevent disease; a prophylactic.

Meaning of PREVENTIVE from wikipedia

- Preventive healthcare, or prophylaxis, is the application of healthcare measures to prevent diseases. Disease and disability are affected by environmental...
- depend on maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) including scheduled or preventive paint maintenance programmes to maintain and restore coatings applied...
- Preventive detention is an imprisonment that is ****tively justified for non-punitive purposes, most often to prevent further criminal acts. Preventive...
- Preventive and social medicine is a branch of medicine dealing with providing health services in areas of prevention, promotion and treatment of rehabilitative...
- Preventive conservation may refer to: Collections maintenance Conservation and restoration of cultural property Preservation (library and archive) Risk...
- A preventive state is a type of sovereign state or policy enacted by a state in which people deemed potentially dangerous are apprehended, and have their...
- Corrective and preventive action (CAPA or simply corrective action) consists of improvements to an organization's processes taken to eliminate causes of...
- A preventive war is an armed conflict "initiated in the belief that military conflict, while not imminent, is inevitable, and that to delay would involve...
- The United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) is "an independent panel of experts in primary care and prevention that systematically reviews...
- Preventive diplomacy is action to prevent disputes from arising between parties, to prevent existing disputes from escalating into conflicts and to limit...