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prophylactic

[proh-fuh-lak-tik, prof-uh-] / ˌproʊ fəˈlæk tɪk, ˌprɒf ə- /
ADJECTIVE
protective
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While there’s no comprehensive data charting prophylactic mastectomies among young people, some surgeons described shifts that have led to changes in their patient demographics.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026

Volunteers were divided into two groups: prophylactic arm and therapeutic arm.

From Science Daily • Feb. 19, 2026

It also announced plans to buy Cidara Therapeutics, which is working on antiviral treatments, including a flu prophylactic in Phase 3, for $9.2 billion.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 3, 2026

But more crucially, American military aid is prophylactic.

From Salon • Aug. 13, 2025

Murrell found that the same was relatively true in England of persons descended from Bedfordshire ancestors who used infusions of poppies as a prophylactic against malaria.

From Degeneracy Its Causes, Signs and Results by Talbot, Eugene S.




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