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PREVENTION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The act of preventing
Example:
money was allocated to study the cause and prevention of influenza
Synonyms:
bar; prevention
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("prevention" is a kind of...):
hinderance; hindrance; interference (the act of hindering or obstructing or impeding)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "prevention"):
averting (the act of preventing something from occurring)
debarment (the act of prevention by legal means)
disqualification (the act of preventing someone from participating by finding them unqualified)
interception (the act of intercepting; preventing something from proceeding or arriving)
non-proliferation; nonproliferation (the prevention of something increasing or spreading (especially the prevention of an increase in the number of countries possessing nuclear weapons))
forestalling; obviation; preclusion (the act of preventing something by anticipating and disposing of it effectively)
prophylaxis (the prevention of disease)
save ((sports) the act of preventing the opposition from scoring)
crushing; quelling; stifling; suppression (forceful prevention; putting down by power or authority)
Derivation:
prevent (stop (someone or something) from doing something or being in a certain state)
Context examples:
The science of dealing with the maintenance of health and the prevention and treatment of disease.
(Medical Science, NCI Thesaurus)
Refers to the practices and procedures used for the prevention, treatment, or relief of symptoms of a diseases or abnormal conditions.
(Medicine, NCI Dictionary)
The NCPB is intended to confront obstacles and address issues that arise in the prevention, control, diagnosis, and treatment of cancer.
(National Cancer Policy Board, NCI Thesaurus)
A system of disease prevention and treatment that avoids drugs and surgery.
(Naturopathy, NCI Dictionary)
This allele, which encodes neuroblastoma suppressor of tumorigenicity 1 protein, plays a role in the prevention of progression through cell cycle.
(NBL1 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)
A substance being studied in the prevention of colorectal cancer.
(NCX 4016, NCI Dictionary)
A substance being studied in the prevention of skin cancer.
(Myristyl nicotinate cream, NCI Dictionary)
Myoinositol is being studied in the prevention of cancer.
(Myoinositol, NCI Dictionary)
A hormonal anticancer drug that is also used in cancer prevention.
(Medroxyprogesterone, NCI Dictionary)
This gene plays a role in the prevention of vascular calcification.
(MGP Gene, NCI Thesaurus)
