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21preventive — /prəˈvɛntɪv / (say pruh ventiv) adjective 1. Also, preventative /prəˈvɛntətɪv/ (say pruh ventuhtiv). Medicine warding off disease. 2. Also, preventative /prəˈvɛntətɪv/ (say pruh ventuhtiv). serving to prevent or hinder. 3. of or relating to the… …
22preventive — See preventative, preventive …
23preventive — adj. Preventive is used with these nouns: ↑action, ↑care, ↑detention, ↑diplomacy, ↑maintenance, ↑measure, ↑medicine, ↑strategy …
24preventive — , preventative One way to ease their difficulties, they decided, was to practice preventative medicine (Economist). Preventative is not incorrect, but preventive is shorter …
25preventive — adjective designed to prevent something from occurring. noun a preventive medicine or other treatment. Derivatives preventively adverb …
26Preventive medicine — or preventive care refers to measures taken to prevent diseases,[1] (or injuries) rather than curing them or treating their symptoms. The term contrasts in method with curative and palliative medicine, and in scope with public health methods… …
27Preventive maintenance — (PM) has the following meanings: The care and servicing by personnel for the purpose of maintaining equipment and facilities in satisfactory operating condition by providing for systematic inspection, detection, and correction of incipient… …
28Preventive police — is that aspect of law enforcement intended to act as a deterrent to the commission of crime. Preventive policing is considered a defining characteristic of the modern police, typically associated with Robert Peel s London Metropolitan Police,… …
29Preventive detention — concerns imprisonment either without justification (the prisoner is not told the grounds for the arrest) or waiting for trial. In most democracies, no one can be arrested without being told the grounds for such an arrest, except under rare and… …
30Preventive Diplomacy — is action to prevent disputes from arising between parties, to prevent existing disputes from escalating into conflicts and to limit the spread of the latter when they occur. [ UN Secretary General Report Agenda for Peace , 1992… …
