Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
preventive .
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Examples
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The idea of a cancer preventitive is exciting in the pharma world where so many products that are coming out are just "me too" s.
HPV Vaccine - The Canadian Response aka TBTAM 2007
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What you are also leaving out is preventitive medicine.
Economics of Health Insurance, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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Health care for all americans is a life and death issue for many, many people in this country-regular check-ups and preventitive medicine are out of reach for millions soley because of financial reasons.
Kennedy urges immediate Senate replacement if vacancy occurs 2009
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Under the watchful eye of Secretary Sebilius, the latest H1N1 preventitive measure is tested to see if its water proof.
Beat 360° 9/22/09 2009
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Taxes are already close to 30% and we aave a deficit in the Trillions, only going to get worse with SpendObama and his cronies, and why do you think the government suddenyl released this study, because under teh so called "reform" there will not be money to pay for such a HUGELY important preventitive test as this...
Task force rejects routine mammograms for women age 40-49 2009
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I don't have anything in particular against him - although the fact that he seems to think that a preventitive attack on Iran is a good idea is a little disturbing - but the only thing that I've seen of him through the media is of a very charasmatic individual.
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Beating him in this campaign is more of a preventitive treatment for what ails us.
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Despite the organisation being dismissed by some as a fringe group with a love of publicity that had been over-quoted and over-hyped in the media, the Home Office was believed to be beginning moves to ban the group in 2004 when Mohammed shut it down — apparently as a preventitive measure.
The man behind the demonstration in Luton.... GayandRight 2009
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No conventional or “cam” intervention should be considered “preventitive” although CAM practitioners usually promote their philosophies as such.
Preventative care: Not all it’s cracked up to be | The Blog of Michael R. Eades, M.D. 2008
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When I think of “preventitive” medicine, I think of sound diet and exercise…period.
Preventative care: Not all it’s cracked up to be | The Blog of Michael R. Eades, M.D. 2008
bilby commented on the word preventitive
Better or worse than preventive?
May 19, 2014