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preventive

[pri-ven-tiv] / prɪˈvɛn tɪv /
ADJECTIVE
deterrent
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Khera, who was not involved in the research, is a professor of medicine, clinical chief of cardiology, and director of preventive cardiology at UT Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas.

From Science Daily • Mar. 31, 2026

“Over time the cholesterol builds up and it calcifies,” says Dr. Sadiya Khan, a preventive cardiologist at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

This has prompted many of us in preventive cardiology to question how well cardiovascular disease prevention is working if mortality is so high.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 19, 2026

India on Saturday ended the preventive detention of prominent Ladakh activist Sonam Wangchuk, freeing him six months after he was held over protests in the Himalayan region.

From Barron's • Mar. 14, 2026

Wishbone is a little dog with big pretensions. preventive.

From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner