preventive measure
1preventive measure — I noun adequate plans, adequate procedures, adequate steps, buffer, defense, forearming, immunization, inoculation, precaution, preservation, protection, safeguard, screen, security, shield associated concepts: preventive justice II index panoply …
2measure — Synonyms and related words: A, Alexandrine, Spenserian stanza, Stabreim, a, accent, accent mark, accentuation, accommodate, accommodation, accomplished fact, accomplishment, accord, achievement, acreage, act, acta, action, ad hoc measure, adapt,… …
3Preventive medicine — or preventive care refers to measures taken to prevent diseases,[1] (or injuries) rather than curing them or treating their symptoms. The term contrasts in method with curative and palliative medicine, and in scope with public health methods… …
4preventive — preventive, preventative Both words are in use as adjectives meaning ‘serving to prevent’, especially in medicine, and also as nouns denoting a substance or procedure that does this. Preventive is the commoner by a long way (with four times as… …
5measure — [n1] portion, scope admeasurement, admensuration, allotment, allowance, amount, amplification, amplitude, area, bang, breadth, bulk, capacity, degree, depth, dimension, distance, duration, extent, fix, frequency, height, hit, magnitude, mass,… …
6measure — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 official action to deal with a problem ADJECTIVE ▪ appropriate, effective, necessary, practical ▪ We urge you to adopt all necessary measures to guarantee people s safety. ▪ key …
7preventive detention — 1. the holding of someone in jail or in an institution because he or she is regarded as a danger to the community. 2. Eng. Law. imprisonment of habitual criminals for periods ranging from 5 to 14 years during which they are given corrective… …
8preventive — adj. & n. adj. serving to prevent, esp. preventing disease, breakdown, etc. (preventive medicine; preventive maintenance). n. a preventive agent, measure, drug, etc. Phrases and idioms: preventive detention the imprisonment of a criminal for… …
9measure — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. quantity, extent; gauge; standard; amount, allot ment; [legislative] bill; step, course. See measurement, apportionment, degree, rule. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A unit of measurement] Syn. dimension,… …
10preventive — pre|vent|ive [prıˈventıv] adj also preventative [only before noun] intended to stop something you do not want to happen, such as illness, from happening ▪ preventive health programs preventive action/measure ▪ While travelling abroad, take… …
