PREVENTION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does prevention mean? 

• PREVENTION (noun)
  The noun PREVENTION has 1 sense:

1. the act of preventing

  Familiarity information: PREVENTION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PREVENTION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of preventing

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

bar; prevention

Context example:

money was allocated to study the cause and prevention of influenza

Hypernyms ("prevention" is a kind of...):

hinderance; hindrance; interference (the act of hindering or obstructing or impeding)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "prevention"):

averting (the act of preventing something from occurring)

debarment (the act of prevention by legal means)

disqualification (the act of preventing someone from participating by finding them unqualified)

interception (the act of intercepting; preventing something from proceeding or arriving)

non-proliferation; nonproliferation (the prevention of something increasing or spreading (especially the prevention of an increase in the number of countries possessing nuclear weapons))

forestalling; obviation; preclusion (the act of preventing something by anticipating and disposing of it effectively)

prophylaxis (the prevention of disease)

save ((sports) the act of preventing the opposition from scoring)

crushing; quelling; stifling; suppression (forceful prevention; putting down by power or authority)

Derivation:

prevent (stop (someone or something) from doing something or being in a certain state)

 Context examples 

Prevention of the growth of new blood vessels.

(Antiangiogenesis, NCI Dictionary)

It is also being studied in cancer prevention.

(Aspirin, NCI Dictionary)

It is also being studied in the prevention and treatment of some types of cancer and other conditions.

(Atorvastatin, NCI Dictionary)

ATRA is being studied in the prevention and treatment of other types of cancer.

(ATRA, NCI Dictionary)

Nexium is being studied in the prevention of esophageal cancer and in the treatment of other conditions, including side effects of chemotherapy.

(Nexium, NCI Dictionary)

All-trans retinoic acid is being studied in the prevention and treatment of other types of cancer.

(All-trans retinoic acid, NCI Dictionary)

A substance that is used in the prevention of cancer and in the treatment of psoriasis.

(Acitretin, NCI Dictionary)

A substance being studied in the prevention of breast cancer in women at high risk of breast cancer.

(Acolbifene hydrochloride, NCI Dictionary)

A drug that is used to treat type 2 diabetes and is being studied in the prevention of head and neck cancer.

(Actos, NCI Dictionary)

A drug being studied for cancer prevention.

(Alitretinoin, NCI Dictionary)