"pre-exposure prophylaxis" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-us-ncalif-preexposureprofylaxis.ogg
Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} pre-exposure prophylaxis (uncountable)
  1. (medicine) A form of prevention, usually medication, that is taken before exposure to a pathogen, preventing development of disease after such exposure. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Medicine Synonyms: PrEP
    Sense id: en-pre-exposure_prophylaxis-en-noun-08atUOa1 Topics: medicine, sciences
  2. (medicine) A form of prevention, usually medication, that is taken before exposure to a pathogen, preventing development of disease after such exposure.
    (especially) A preventative medical regimen of HIV medicines used to protect against HIV seroconversion after an exposure.
    Tags: especially, uncountable Categories (topical): Medicine Synonyms: PrEP
    Sense id: en-pre-exposure_prophylaxis-en-noun-GrxGM5a- Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 40 60 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 39 61 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 36 64 Topics: medicine, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hypernyms: prevention, preventive, prophylaxis Coordinate_terms: PEP (english: post-exposure prophylaxis), vaccination (alt: idiomatically often coordinate despite that hyponymy might be expected)

Alternative forms

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