PREVENTABLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does preventable mean? 

• PREVENTABLE (adjective)
  The adjective PREVENTABLE has 1 sense:

1. capable of being prevented

  Familiarity information: PREVENTABLE used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PREVENTABLE (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Capable of being prevented

Context example:

conscious of preventable human suffering

Antonym:

unpreventable (not preventable)

 Context examples 

Most are preventable with proper eye protection.

(Eye Wear, NIH)

Obesity is preventable and increasing consumer involvement in nutrition can help achieve this.

(People with Positive Attitude More Likely to Eat Healthily, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

PID is the most common preventable cause of infertility in the United States.

(Pelvic Inflammatory Disease, NIH: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases)

Most eye injuries are preventable.

(Eye Injuries, NIH)

In trying to manage the growing burden of chronic preventable disease, we’re increasingly moving towards precision healthcare, target-driven care and technology-based assessment, while at the same time focusing less on the human, interpersonal empathic aspects of care, says Dr Hajira Dambha-Miller, a GP and researcher at the Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge.

(Patients with an ‘empathic’ GP at reduced risk of early death, University of Cambridge)