prophylactic
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prophylactic
- /pɹɒfəˈlæktɪk/ UK
Rhymes with -æktɪk
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From Latin prophylacticus, from Ancient Greek προφυλακτικός (prophulaktikós, “prophylactic”).
noun prophylactics
- A medicine which preserves or defends against disease; a preventive.
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A prophylactic condom.
It is not clear whether such education is to be directed to homosexuals (for whom prophylactics are not a contraceptive) or to heterosexuals as well (for whom prophylactics are a contraceptive).
Similar: condom, cum catcher, rubber
- Any device or mechanism intended to prevent harmful consequences. The securities laws are a prophylactic against stock fraud.
adjective more prophylactic · most prophylactic
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Serving to prevent or protect against an undesired effect, especially disease or pregnancy.
It occurred to me that regular hours, home-cooked meals, all the conventions of marriage, the prophylactic routine of its bedroom activities and, who knows, the eventual flowering of certain moral values, of certain spiritual substitutes, might help me, if not to purge myself of my degrading and dan
Similar: preventative
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noun preventive medicine
| Ελληνικά | προφυλακτικό profylaktikó |
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noun device or mechanism
| Ελληνικά | προφυλακτικό profylaktikó |
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adj serving to prevent or protect
| Español | profiláctico |
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| Português | profiláctico |
| Français | prophylactique |
| Deutsch | prophylaktisch |
| Italiano | profilattico |
| Русский | профилактический profilaktičeskij |
| العربية | اِحْتِرَازِيّ iḥtirāziyy |
Talk about this word "prophylactic." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/prophylactic. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. prophylactic. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/prophylactic "prophylactic." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/prophylactic.Cite this
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title = {prophylactic},
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