"prophylaxis" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /pɹɔfɪˈlæksɪs/ Audio: En-us-prophylaxis.oga Forms: prophylaxes [plural]
Rhymes: -æksɪs Etymology: From Latin, from Ancient Greek πρό (pró, “before”) + φύλαξις (phúlaxis, “a watching, guarding”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|-}} Latin, {{uder|en|grc|πρό||before}} Ancient Greek πρό (pró, “before”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~|prophylaxes}} prophylaxis (countable and uncountable, plural prophylaxes)
  1. (medicine) Prevention of, or protective treatment for, disease. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Medicine Translations (prevention of, or protective treatment for disease): وِقَايَة (wiqāya) [feminine] (Arabic), պրոֆիլակտիկա (profilaktika) (Armenian), կանխարգելում (kanxargelum) (Armenian), прафіла́ктыка (prafiláktyka) [feminine] (Belarusian), профилактика (profilaktika) [feminine] (Bulgarian), profilaxi [feminine] (Catalan), 預防 (Chinese Mandarin), 预防 (yùfáng) (Chinese Mandarin), ehkäisy (english: prevention) (Finnish), ehkäisyhoito (english: treatment) (Finnish), prophylaxie [feminine] (French), Prophylaxe [feminine] (German), Vorbeugung [feminine] (German), megelőzés (Hungarian), kórmegelőzés (Hungarian), profilaxis (Hungarian), megelőző kezelés (english: treatment) (Hungarian), urchoscacht [feminine] (Irish), profilassi [feminine] (Italian), 予防 (yobō) (alt: よぼう) (Japanese), алдын алу (aldyn alu) (Kazakh), profilaktyka [feminine] (Polish), profilaxia [feminine] (Portuguese), профила́ктика (profiláktika) [feminine] (Russian), prufilassi [feminine] (Sicilian), profilaxis [feminine] (Spanish), profylax (Swedish), профіла́ктика (profiláktyka) [feminine] (Ukrainian), espaitchance [feminine, neologism] (Walloon)
    Sense id: en-prophylaxis-en-noun--RAJTfMy Topics: medicine, sciences Disambiguation of 'prevention of, or protective treatment for disease': 100 0
  2. (chess) A move or strategy that frustrates an opponent's plan or tactic. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Chess
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      ]
    }
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        "Prevention of, or protective treatment for, disease."
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        "(medicine) Prevention of, or protective treatment for, disease."
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      "sense": "prevention of, or protective treatment for disease",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
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      "sense": "prevention of, or protective treatment for disease",
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      "sense": "prevention of, or protective treatment for disease",
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    },
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      "sense": "prevention of, or protective treatment for disease",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "прафіла́ктыка"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
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      "roman": "profilaktika",
      "sense": "prevention of, or protective treatment for disease",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "профилактика"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "prevention of, or protective treatment for disease",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "profilaxi"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "prevention of, or protective treatment for disease",
      "word": "預防"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "yùfáng",
      "sense": "prevention of, or protective treatment for disease",
      "word": "预防"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
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      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "prevention of, or protective treatment for disease",
      "word": "ehkäisy"
    },
    {
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      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "prevention of, or protective treatment for disease",
      "word": "ehkäisyhoito"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "prevention of, or protective treatment for disease",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "prophylaxie"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "prevention of, or protective treatment for disease",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Prophylaxe"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "prevention of, or protective treatment for disease",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Vorbeugung"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "prevention of, or protective treatment for disease",
      "word": "megelőzés"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "prevention of, or protective treatment for disease",
      "word": "kórmegelőzés"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "prevention of, or protective treatment for disease",
      "word": "profilaxis"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "english": "treatment",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "prevention of, or protective treatment for disease",
      "word": "megelőző kezelés"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "prevention of, or protective treatment for disease",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "urchoscacht"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "prevention of, or protective treatment for disease",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "profilassi"
    },
    {
      "alt": "よぼう",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "yobō",
      "sense": "prevention of, or protective treatment for disease",
      "word": "予防"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "aldyn alu",
      "sense": "prevention of, or protective treatment for disease",
      "word": "алдын алу"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "prevention of, or protective treatment for disease",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "profilaktyka"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "prevention of, or protective treatment for disease",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "profilaxia"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "profiláktika",
      "sense": "prevention of, or protective treatment for disease",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "профила́ктика"
    },
    {
      "code": "scn",
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "sense": "prevention of, or protective treatment for disease",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "prufilassi"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "prevention of, or protective treatment for disease",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "profilaxis"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "prevention of, or protective treatment for disease",
      "word": "profylax"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "profiláktyka",
      "sense": "prevention of, or protective treatment for disease",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "профіла́ктика"
    },
    {
      "code": "wa",
      "lang": "Walloon",
      "sense": "prevention of, or protective treatment for disease",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "neologism"
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      "word": "espaitchance"
    }
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    "prophylaxis"
  ],
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}

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