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1 preventive
[-tiv]adjective (that helps to prevent illness etc: preventive medicine.) preventivo* * *pre.ven.tive[priv'entiv] n 1 preventivo. 2 preservativo. • adj preventivo, impeditivo. -
2 preventive
[-tiv]adjective (that helps to prevent illness etc: preventive medicine.) preventivo -
3 Preventive Service
Pre.ven.tive Ser.vice[priventiv s'ə:vis] Naut serviço de guarda-costas. -
4 preventive detention
pre.ven.tive de.ten.tion[priventiv dit'enʃən] n prisão preventiva. -
5 preventive maintenance
pre.ven.tive main.te.nance[priventiv m'eintənəns] n manutenção preventiva. -
6 preventive measure
pre.ven.tive mea.sure[priventiv m'eʒə] n medida preventiva. -
7 preventive medicine
pre.ven.tive medi.cine[priventiv m'edsin] n profilaxia. -
8 preventive maintenance
manutenção preventivaEnglish-Portuguese dictionary of military terminology > preventive maintenance
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9 freezing preventive
freez.ing pre.ven.tive[fr'i:ziŋ priventiv] n anticongelante. -
10 preventative
pre.ven.ta.tive[priv'entətiv] n = link=preventive preventive. -
11 prevent
[pri'vent](to stop (someone doing something or something happening): He prevented me from going.) impedir- preventive* * *pre.vent[priv'ent] vt+vi 1 frustrar, evitar. 2 impedir, obstar. the rain prevented his coming / a chuva impediu sua vinda. 3 prevenir (from, de). -
12 health maintenance organization
noun (( abbreviation HMO) (American) a system of health centers providing medical treatment, preventive care and hospitalization to its paying members.)English-Portuguese dictionary > health maintenance organization
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13 health maintenance organization
noun (( abbreviation HMO) (American) a system of health centers providing medical treatment, preventive care and hospitalization to its paying members.)English-Portuguese (Brazil) dictionary > health maintenance organization
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14 prevent
[pri'vent](to stop (someone doing something or something happening): He prevented me from going.) impedir- preventive
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Preventive — Pre*vent ive, a. [Cf. F. pr[ e]ventif.] 1. Going before; preceding. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Any previous counsel or preventive understanding. Cudworth. [1913 Webster] 2. Tending to defeat or hinder; obviating; preventing the access of; as, a… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
preventive — pre‧ven‧tive [prɪˈventɪv] also pre‧ven‧ta‧tive [ ˈventətɪv] adjective [only before a noun] intended to stop something happening: • improvements in auto safety and other preventive measures. * * * preventive UK US /prɪˈventɪv/ adjective [before… … Financial and business terms
preventive — preventive, preventative Both words are in use as adjectives meaning ‘serving to prevent’, especially in medicine, and also as nouns denoting a substance or procedure that does this. Preventive is the commoner by a long way (with four times as… … Modern English usage
preventive — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ designed to prevent something from occurring. ► NOUN ▪ a preventive medicine or other treatment … English terms dictionary
Preventive — Pre*vent ive, n. That which prevents, hinders, or obstructs; that which intercepts access; in medicine, something to prevent disease; a prophylactic. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
preventive — I adjective alert, antidotal, antiseptic, arresting, aseptic, averting, blocking, careful, cautious, checking, counteractant, counteracting, defensive, deterrent, deterring, disinfectant, forestalling, germicidal, guarded, guarding, hindering,… … Law dictionary
preventive — (adj.) 1630s, from L. praevent (pp. stem of praevenire, see PREVENT (Cf. prevent)) + IVE (Cf. ive). As a noun, from 1630s; in medical use from 1670s … Etymology dictionary
preventive — [prē vent′ə tiv, pri vent′ə tivprē vent′iv, privent′iv] adj. preventing or serving to prevent; esp., preventing disease n. anything that prevents; esp., anything that prevents disease; prophylactic: Also preventative [prē vent′ə tiv, pri vent′ə… … English World dictionary
preventive — adj. & n. adj. serving to prevent, esp. preventing disease, breakdown, etc. (preventive medicine; preventive maintenance). n. a preventive agent, measure, drug, etc. Phrases and idioms: preventive detention the imprisonment of a criminal for… … Useful english dictionary
preventive — I. noun Date: circa 1639 something that prevents; especially something used to prevent disease II. adjective Date: circa 1626 devoted to or concerned with prevention ; precautionary < preventive steps against soil erosion >: as a. designed or… … New Collegiate Dictionary
Préventive — Prévention La prévention est une attitude et/ou l ensemble de mesures à prendre pour éviter qu une situation (sociale, environnementale, économique..) ne se dégrade, ou qu un accident, une épidémie ou une maladie ne survienne. Elle… … Wikipédia en Français