What motivated you to look it up in this dictionary? Please let us know where you read it (including the quote, if possible). 05 2013. 10 2022 Bischofberger said one of the strongest uses of Tamiflu is as a preventative measure – if the flu hits an area or nursing home, people could be given a daily prophylactic pill. Pfizer is also conducting a study to see if the pills help people who have only been exposed to Covid-19 as a prophylactic treatment. borrowed from the late Latin prophylacticon “protective measure against disease”, borrowed from the late Greek prophylactic, a name derived from neutral from the Greek prophylactic entry 1 Britannica.com: Encyclopedia article on prophylaxis A profile of Limbaugh published in 1991 in “60 Minutes” included one of his patented thematic updates – in this case, a condom update – featuring “Up, Up and Away” and Attack on the Distribution of Prophylaxis in Schools. Search the Dictionary of Legal Abbreviations for acronyms and/or abbreviations that contain prophylactics. They also said it might make sense for certain at-risk populations to be prescribed preventative antiviral drugs as a prophylactic. These sample phrases are automatically selected from various online information sources to reflect the current use of the word “prophylactic.” The views expressed in the examples do not represent the views of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us your feedback. “Prophylactic”. Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/prophylactic.

Retrieved 11 October 2022. (2013, 05). Prophylactic legaldictionary.lawin.org Retrieved on May 10, 2022 from legaldictionary.lawin.org/prophylactic/ borrowed from medieval Latin prophylacticus, borrowed from Greek prophylactic, prophylact, nominally follows from prophylássein “stand guard before a place, be on guard, (average voice) be on guard, take precautions against it” + -ikos -ic entry 1 â more to prophylaxis Wynne`s feeling is, that North American canned food recommendations are a prophylactic measure – to ensure as little chance as possible of something going wrong. Angelina Jolie`s announcement on preventive surgery. Search or search for prophylactics in the American Encyclopedia of Law, Asian Encyclopedia of Law, European Encyclopedia of Law, UK Encyclopedia of Law, or Latin American and Spanish Encyclopedia of Law. You might be interested in the historical significance of this term. Research or search for prophylaxis in historical law in the Encyclopedia of Law. This article on prophylaxis was published under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 (CC BY 3.0) license, which allows unrestricted use and duplication, provided that the author(s) of the prophylactic entry and the Lawi platform are credited as the source of the prophylactic entry. Please note that this CC BY license applies to certain Prophylactic textual content and that certain images and other textual or non-textual elements may be covered by special copyright regulations. Instructions for citing prophylactics (with attribution under the CC BY license) can be found below in our “Cite this entry” recommendation. Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked with an *.