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Prophylaxis

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Word	Definition
prophylacticnoun	A medicine which preserves or defends against disease; a preventive.
chemoprophylaxisnoun	chemoprevention; the prevention of disease using food supplements or drugs.
infectionnoun	An uncontrolled growth of harmful microorganisms in a host.
medicationnoun	A medicine, or all the medicines regularly taken by a patient.
preventionnoun	(medicine) Any measure intended to limit health-related risks (such as information campaigns, vaccination, early diagnosis etc.).
preventivenoun	A contraceptive, especially a condom.
precautionnoun	A measure taken beforehand to ward off evil or secure good or success; a precautionary act.
preventingverb	(transitive) To stop (an outcome); to keep from (doing something).
protectionnoun	The process of keeping (something or someone) safe.
guardingnoun	The duty of one who guards.
safeguardverb	Something that serves as a guard or protection; a defense.
deterrencenoun	The act of deterring, or the state of being deterred.
wardingnoun	The act of one who wards.
protectivenoun	Serving or intended to protect.
antisepsisnoun	(hygiene) The science and practice of countering microbial infection, as with the use of antiseptics, and the use of aseptic technique.
hygienenoun	Those conditions and practices that promote and preserve health.
immunisationnoun	(rail transport, electrical engineering) The process of immunising signalling and traction power supplies so they don't interfere with each other.
immunizationnoun	(US, uncountable) The process by which a person is safely exposed in a controlled manner to a material that is designed to prime their immune system against that material.
sanitationnoun	The policy and practice of protecting health through hygienic measures.
vaccinationnoun	Inoculation with a vaccine, in order to protect from a particular disease or strain of disease.