"preventive service" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: preventive services [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} preventive service (countable and uncountable, plural preventive services)
  1. Work done by the coastguard to prevent smuggling. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-preventive_service-en-noun-ZTKBXQir Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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