prophylactic
- IPA[ˌprōfəˈlaktik]
美式
- intended to prevent disease
- a medicine or course of action used to prevent disease;a condom.
noun: prophylactic, plural noun: prophylactics
- 釋義
形容詞
- 1. intended to prevent disease prophylactic measures
名詞
- 1. a medicine or course of action used to prevent disease I took malaria prophylactics 同義詞
- ▪ a condom. 同義詞
- 更多解釋
- IPA[ˌprɒfɪˈlaktɪk]
英式
- intended to prevent disease: prophylactic measures
- a medicine or course of action used to prevent disease: I took malaria prophylactics
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