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preventive, prophylactic

n. remedy that prevents or slows the course of an illness or disease; "the doctor recommended several preventatives"

preventive, contraceptive, contraceptive device, prophylactic device

n. an agent or device intended to prevent conception

hitch, interference, hindrance, preventive, encumbrance, incumbrance

n. any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome

preventive

adj. tending to prevent or hinder

preventive, prophylactic

adj. preventing or contributing to the prevention of disease; "preventive medicine"; "vaccines are prophylactic"; "a prophylactic drug"

precaution, safeguard

n. a precautionary measure warding off impending danger or damage or injury etc.; "he put an ice pack on the injury as a precaution"; "an insurance policy is a good safeguard"; "we let our guard down"

protection, protective covering

n. a covering that is intend to protect from damage or injury; "they had no protection from the fallout"; "wax provided protection for the floors"

hindrance, handicap, drawback

n. the quality of being a hindrance; "he pointed out all the drawbacks to my plan"

weight

n. an artifact that is heavy

loading, load, burden

n. weight to be borne or conveyed

protective

adj. intended or adapted to afford protection of some kind; "a protective covering"; "the use of protective masks and equipment"; "protective coatings"; "kept the drunken sailor in protective custody"; "animals with protective coloring"; "protective tariffs"

anthelmintic, anthelminthic, helminthic, parasiticidal

adj. capable of expelling or destroying parasitic worms

antimicrobic, antimicrobial

adj. capable of destroying or inhibiting the growth of disease-causing microorganisms

good, beneficial, salutary

adj. tending to promote physical well-being; beneficial to health; "beneficial effects of a balanced diet"; "a good night's sleep"; "the salutary influence of pure air"

carminative, flatus-relieving

adj. relieving gas in the alimentary tract (colic or flatulence or griping)

purgative, cathartic

adj. emotionally purging

cathartic, psychotherapeutic

adj. emotionally purging

curative, healing, remedial, alterative, sanative, therapeutic

adj. tending to cure or restore to health; "curative powers of herbal remedies"; "her gentle healing hand"; "remedial surgery"; "a sanative environment of mountains and fresh air"; "a therapeutic agent"; "therapeutic diets"

drugless

adj. without the use of drugs; "drugless therapy"

healthy

adj. financially secure and functioning well; "a healthy economy"

medicative, medicinal

adj. having the properties of medicine; "medicative drugs"; "medicinal herbs"; "medicinal properties"

restorative, recuperative

adj. promoting recuperation; "recuperative powers"; "strongly recuperative remedies"; "restorative effects of exercise"

permissive

adj. not preventive

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