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préventif

preventive; precautionary

adjective preh-vahn-TEEF Rare
Body & Health Medicine

Usage Note

Préventif describes measures or actions taken before a problem occurs. The feminine form is préventive, and the abstract noun is la prévention. A key legal phrase is détention préventive (pre-trial detention), and in medicine médecine préventive (preventive medicine) is the counterpart to curative treatment.

Examples

"Des mesures préventives ont été mises en place."

Natural Translation

Preventive measures were put in place.

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