In some cases, mastectomy is prophylactic surgery - a preventive measure taken by those considered to be at high risk of breast cancer.
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Prophylactic
//pɹɒfəˈlæktɪk//
Synonyms for "prophylactic" (143 found)
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Related words (71)
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Adjective(1 words)
Adjective(2 words)
Noun(4 words)
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46 translations across 26 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- اِحْتِرَازِيّ adj (serving to prevent or protect)
Asturian
1 entries- profilácticu adj (serving to prevent or protect)
Belarusian
1 entries- прафілакты́чны adj (serving to prevent or protect)
Bulgarian
2 entries- профилактичен adj (serving to prevent or protect)
- профилактика noun (preventive medicine)
Catalan
3 entries- profilàctic adj (serving to prevent or protect)
- profilàctic noun (preventive medicine)
- profilàctic noun (device or mechanism)
Czech
4 entries- profylaktický adj (serving to prevent or protect)
- profylaktivní adj (serving to prevent or protect)
- profylakční adj (serving to prevent or protect)
- profylaxní adj (serving to prevent or protect)
Danish
1 entries- profylaktisk adj (serving to prevent or protect)
Dutch
2 entries- prophylactisch adj (serving to prevent or protect)
- voorbehoedend adj (serving to prevent or protect)
Finnish
4 entries- ennalta ehkäisevä adj (serving to prevent or protect)
- preventiivinen adj (serving to prevent or protect)
- profylaktinen adj (serving to prevent or protect)
- ehkäisyväline noun (preventive medicine)
French
1 entries- prophylactique adj (serving to prevent or protect)
Galician
1 entries- profiláctico adj (serving to prevent or protect)
German
1 entries- prophylaktisch adj (serving to prevent or protect)
Greek
2 entries- προφυλακτικό noun (preventive medicine)
- προφυλακτικό noun (device or mechanism)
Hungarian
1 entries- profilaktikus adj (serving to prevent or protect)
Indonesian
3 entries- profilaksis adj (serving to prevent or protect)
- profilaksis noun (preventive medicine)
- profilaksis noun (device or mechanism)
Interlingua
1 entries- prophylactic adj (serving to prevent or protect)
Irish
3 entries- próifiolacsach adj (serving to prevent or protect)
- urchoscach adj (serving to prevent or protect)
- urchosc noun (preventive medicine)
Italian
1 entries- profilattico adj (serving to prevent or protect)
Latvian
1 entries- profilaktisks adj (serving to prevent or protect)
Norwegian
1 entries- profylaktisk adj (serving to prevent or protect)
Polish
1 entries- profilaktyczny adj (serving to prevent or protect)
Portuguese
1 entries- profiláctico adj (serving to prevent or protect)
Russian
1 entries- профилактический adj (serving to prevent or protect)
Spanish
1 entries- profiláctico adj (serving to prevent or protect)
Swedish
1 entries- profylaktisk adj (serving to prevent or protect)
Ukrainian
1 entries- профілакти́чний adj (serving to prevent or protect)
Sample sentences
9 total sentences available.
The government ordered a countrywide lockdown that included halting all flights and road travel as a prophylactic measure to prevent the spread of coronavirus.
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Prophylactic medicine is very important.
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I was prescribed several prophylactic drugs.
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