preventive
pre·ven·tive / priˈventiv/ • adj. designed to keep something undesirable such as illness, harm, or accidents from occurring: preventive medicine.• n. a medicine or other treatment designed to stop disease or ill health from occurring.DERIVATIVES: pre·ven·tive·ly adv.
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