prophylactic treatment

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• prophylactic — [prō΄fə lak′tik] adj. [Gr prophylaktikos < prophylassein, to be on guard < pro , before (see PRO 1) + phylassein, to guard < phylax, guard] preventive or protective; esp., preventing or guarding against disease n. 1. a prophylactic… …   English World dictionary

• prophylactic — (adj.) 1570s, originally of medicines, that tends to prevent disease, from Gk. prophylaktikos precautionary, from prophylassein keep guard before, ward off, from pro before (see PRO (Cf. pro )) + phylassein, Ionic variant of phylattein to watch… …   Etymology dictionary

• prophylactic vaccination — treatment designed to produce immunity in advance …   English contemporary dictionary

• Prophylactic — A preventive measure. The word comes from the Greek for an advance guard, an apt term for a measure taken to fend off a disease or another unwanted consequence. A prophylactic is a medication or a treatment designed and used to prevent a disease… …   Medical dictionary

• treatment — Medical or surgical management of a patient. SEE ALSO: therapy, therapeutics. [Fr. traitement (see treat)] active t. a therapeutic substance or course intended to ameliorate the basic disease …   Medical dictionary

• prophylactic — I UK [ˌprɒfəˈlæktɪk] / US [ˌprɑfəˈlæktɪk] adjective medical intended to prevent disease or infection II UK [ˌprɒfəˈlæktɪk] / US [ˌprɑfəˈlæktɪk] noun [countable] Word forms prophylactic : singular prophylactic plural prophylactics 1) medical a… …   English dictionary

• prophylactic — pro|phy|lac|tic1 [ ,prafə læktık ] adjective MEDICAL intended to prevent disease or infection prophylactic pro|phy|lac|tic 2 [ ,prafə læktık ] noun count 1. ) MEDICAL a medicine or treatment used for preventing disease or infection 2. ) AMERICAN… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• preventive treatment — prophylactic treatment prophylaxis …   Medical dictionary

• prophylactic —   a.,n. preventive against disease; protective.    ♦ prophylaxis, n. such knowledge, act or treatment …   Dictionary of difficult words

• Influenza treatment — This article is about flu treatment in humans for mild human flu, which includes both efforts to reduce symptoms and treatments for the flu virus itself.The CDC recommends that patients with flu get plenty of rest, drink a lot of liquids, and… …   Wikipedia

• Management of chronic headaches — Chronic headache, or chronic daily headache (CDH), is classified as experiencing fifteen or more days with a headache per month.[1] It is estimated that chronic headaches affect “4% to 5% of the general population.”[2] Chronic headaches consist… …   Wikipedia