We found 29 dictionaries with English definitions that include the word preventive:
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 General (21 matching dictionaries)
- preventive: Compact Oxford English Dictionary [home, info]
- preventive: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language [home, info]
- preventive: Merriam-Webster's Online Dictionary, 11th Edition [home, info]
- preventive: Cambridge International Dictionary of English [home, info]
- preventive: Wiktionary [home, info]
- preventive: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed. [home, info]
- preventive: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus [home, info]
- preventive: Infoplease Dictionary [home, info]
- preventive: Dictionary.com [home, info]
- preventive: UltraLingua English Dictionary [home, info]
- preventive: Cambridge Dictionary of American English [home, info]
- Preventive: Online Plain Text English Dictionary [home, info]
- preventive: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition [home, info]
- preventive: Rhymezone [home, info]
- preventive: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary [home, info]
- preventive: Webster's 1828 Dictionary [home, info]
- preventive: Free Dictionary [home, info]
- preventive: Mnemonic Dictionary [home, info]
- preventive: WordNet 1.7 Vocabulary Helper [home, info]
- preventive: LookWAYup Translating Dictionary/Thesaurus [home, info]
- preventive: Dictionary/thesaurus [home, info]
Computing (1 matching dictionary)
- preventive: Encyclopedia [home, info]
Medicine (6 matching dictionaries)
- preventive: Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary [home, info]
- preventive: Breast Cancer Talking Dictionary [home, info]
- preventive: online medical dictionary [home, info]
- preventive: Dictionary of Cancer Terms [home, info]
- preventive: Medical dictionary [home, info]
- preventive: Hyperdictionary [home, info]
Science (1 matching dictionary)
- Preventive: Biological Sciences Dictionary [home, info]
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Quick definitions (preventive)
▸ noun: remedy that prevents or slows the course of an illness or disease
▸ noun: an agent or device intended to prevent conception
▸ noun: any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome
▸ adjective: tending to prevent or hinder
▸ adjective: preventing or contributing to the prevention of disease ("Preventive medicine")
▸ adjective: tending to ward off
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