[よぼうやく, yobouyaku] (n) prophylactic medicine [Add to Longdo]
Result from Foreign Dictionaries (3 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Prophylactic \Proph`y*lac"tic\, n. [Cf. F. prophylactique.]
(Med.)
A medicine which preserves or defends against disease; a
preventive.
[1913 Webster] Prophylactic
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Prophylactic \Proph`y*lac"tic\, Prophylactical
\Proph`y*lac"tic*al\, a. [Gr. ?, fr. ? to guard against; ?
before + ? to guard: cf. F. prophylactique.] (Med.)
Defending or preserving from disease; preventive. --Coxe.
[1913 Webster]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
prophylactic
adj 1: capable of preventing conception or impregnation;
"contraceptive devices and medications" [syn:
{contraceptive}, {prophylactic}, {antifertility}]
2: warding off; "the swastika...a very ancient prophylactic
symbol occurring among all peoples"- Victor Schultze [syn:
{cautionary}, {prophylactic}]
3: preventing or contributing to the prevention of disease;
"preventive medicine"; "vaccines are prophylactic"; "a
prophylactic drug" [syn: {preventive}, {preventative},
{prophylactic}]
n 1: remedy that prevents or slows the course of an illness or
disease; "the doctor recommended several preventatives"
[syn: {preventive}, {preventative}, {prophylactic}]
2: contraceptive device consisting of a sheath of thin rubber or
latex that is worn over the penis during intercourse [syn:
{condom}, {rubber}, {safety}, {safe}, {prophylactic}]
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