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- noun Plural form of
prophylaxis .
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Examples
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That's why they will vary their weapons, hit you with obsolete stone axes or toxins or radiation, to force your Command to stock the proper prophylaxes, specialized medicines, obscure skills.
Christmas on Ganymede and Other Stories Greenberg, Martin H. 1990
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These prophylaxes had been working for me, but I was particularly vulnerable to people with breast cancer.
How and When to Be Your Own Doctor Isabel Moser
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