Usually means: Preventive measures against disease development.
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  1. prophylactical: Wordnik
  2. prophylactical: Wiktionary
  3. prophylactical: Dictionary.com
  4. Prophylactical: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  5. Prophylactical: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  6. prophylactical: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  7. prophylactical: FreeDictionary.org

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Definitions from Wiktionary (prophylactical)

▸ adjective:  prophylactic; preventative

Similar:
prophylactic, preventive, preventional, cautionary, preventory, previsional, preventative, precautionary, precautional, proleptical, more...

Opposite:
curative, therapeutic, remedial

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Similar:
prophylactic, preventive, preventional, cautionary, preventory, previsional, preventative, precautionary, precautional, proleptical, more...

Opposite:
curative, therapeutic, remedial



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