Prophylaxis

/pɹɔfɪˈlæksɪs/

Synonyms for "prophylaxis" (52 found)

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Closest matches (11)

active treatmentadjuvant treatmentantigen treatmentcausal treatmentconservative treatmentcross-firingdiathermic treatmentdietetic treatmentdrip treatment
Noun(2 words)
dental cleaningdisease prevention

Strong matches (15)

drug treatmentempiric treatmentepidemiologyexpectant treatmentfever treatmenthealth physicsheat treatmenthot-air treatmenthygienehygienicslight treatmentmental hygienepalliative treatment

Related words (26)

perennial treatmentpreseasonal treatmentpreventive dentistrypreventive medicinepreventive treatmentprophylactic psychologyprophylactodontiaprophylaxypublic healthradiotherapeutic treatmentrational treatmentsanitationshock treatmentspecific treatmentstarvation treatmentsupporting treatmentsurgical treatmentsymptomatic treatmenttonic treatmentvibration treatment
Adjective(1 words)
Noun(5 words)
preventionpreventive treatmentprophylactic therapyscale and polishteeth cleaning

Related word relations

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5 relation types

More general

6 entries
bardental procedurehealthcare measureoral care measurepreventionpublic health measure

More specific

12 entries
antibiotic prophylaxisfluoride treatmenthygienehygiene promotionimmunizationimmunization programpolishingroot planingscalingscreening programvaccinationvector control

Collocations

6 entries
antibiotic prophylaxischemical prophylaxisdental prophylaxisprimary prophylaxisprophaxis against infectionprophylactic measures

Inflections

1 entries

Derivations

2 entries

Sample sentences

1 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Can post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) stop me getting HIV?

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