Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

preventative medicine

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.12 in modern English

Syllables: pre-ven-ta-tive medicine
IPA

33

Scrabble Score

20

Letters

4

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

medicine given to prevent illness, rather than treat it.

Countable; Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

preventative medicines (plural)

Questions

What does preventative medicine mean?: medicine given to prevent illness, rather than treat it.

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