Usually means: Protection against disease or infection.
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  1. phylaxis: Collins English Dictionary
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  3. phylaxis: Wiktionary
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▸ noun:  (medicine) Protection against infectious disease.

Similar:
phylactic, immunoprophylaxis, typhization, seroprophylaxis, immunity, seroprotection, phage therapy, syphilization, vaccination, immunoprotection, more...

Opposite:
anaphylaxis, susceptibility, vulnerability

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Similar:
phylactic, immunoprophylaxis, typhization, seroprophylaxis, immunity, seroprotection, phage therapy, syphilization, vaccination, immunoprotection, more...

Opposite:
anaphylaxis, susceptibility, vulnerability



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