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Definition: Prophylaxis |
ProphylaxisNoun1. The prevention of disease. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Etymology: Prophylaxis \Proph`y*lax"is\, noun. [New Latin expression. See Prophylactic.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Domain | Definition |
Health | An attempt to prevent disease. (references) |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Antibiotics are sometimes used prophylactically: for example, during the 2001 anthrax attacks scare in the United States, patients who were believed to be exposed were given ciprofloxacin. Similarly, the use of antibiotic ointments on burns and other wounds is prophylactic.
Condoms are sometimes referred to as "prophylactics" because of their use to prevent the transmission of syphilis and other sexually transmitted diseases.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Prophylaxis."
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Preservation | Prophylaxis; preserver, preservative, additive; antibiotics, antifungals, biocide; hygiastics, hygiantics; cover, drugget; cordon sanitaire; canning; ensilage; tinned goods, canned goods. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Prophylaxis |
| English words defined with "prophylaxis": Synteresis, Synteretics. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "prophylaxis": Dental Hygienists ♦ Etretinate ♦ Flunarizine ♦ Heparin, Low-Molecular-Weight ♦ immunotherapy ♦ Premedication ♦ Rabies Vaccines, Retinoids, Rifabutin, Rimantadine, Rubella Virus ♦ Toxoids. (references) |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Sex Exposure Without Prophylaxis PRO - AXIS : Venereal Disease Helps The Enemy. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |  | [PHS workers distribute atabrine to FSA family during malaria prophylaxis studies in Jenkins County, Georgia]. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
 | Don't Sweat It Out : Prophylaxis Prevents Venereal Disease. Credit: National Library of Medicine. | ||
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | No anti-rabies prophylaxis is needed. (references) | |
Preexposure prophylaxis is given for several reasons. (references) | ||
No. Preexposure prophylaxis is given for several reasons. (references) | ||
Travel | Zambia | Prophylaxis is strongly recommended if traveling outside the city. (references) |
Pakistan | Some physicians recommend malaria prophylaxis and advise that various strains of hepatitis are prevalent in Pakistan. (references) | |
Ecuador | Travelers should consult with their personal health care providers about taking malaria prophylaxis medication before traveling to the above-mentioned provinces. (references) | |
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| "Prophylaxis" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Prophylaxis" is used about 55 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 55 | 45,713 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "prophylaxis": Antibiotic Prophylaxis ♦ CNS prophylaxis ♦ Dental Prophylaxis. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "prophylaxis"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | profilaksi, mjekim parandalues. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | الوقاية من المرض. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | профилактика (prophylactic). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | profylakse (preventive medicine). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | profylaxe. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | primaariprofylaksi (primary prophylaxis), toissijainen ennaltaehkäisy (secondary prophylaxis), sekundaariprofylaksi (secondary prophylaxis), ensisijainen ennaltaehkäisy (primary prophylaxis). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | prophylaxie. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Prophylaxe. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | προφύλαξη (caution, precaution). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | מ יע" (balk, baulk, hindrance, impediment, obstacle, prevention, refusal, stop), מ ע (prevention). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | profilaxis, megelőzés (anticipation, precedence, prevention). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | profilassi. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | gorley-chastey. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ophylaxispray profilaxia (prophylaxy). (various references) profilaxie (prevention). (various references) профилактика профилактический, профилактика (preventive maintenance, preventiveness, prophylaxy). (various references) profilaxis (internment, prevention, protection, segregation). (various references) friskvård. (various references) korunma (defence, preservation, prevention, protection, rampart, safekeeping), hastalıktan koruma yöntemi. (various references) профілактика (prevention). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words ending with "prophylaxis": chemoprophylaxis. (additional references) | |
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"Prophylaxis" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: phrophylaxis, prophilaxes, prophilaxis, prophlaxis, prophpylaxis, trophallaxis. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "prophylaxis" (pronounced 'Proph`y*lax"is'): Apodixis, Brewis, Cadis, Calisthenis, Camis, Clevis, Crevis, Dais, Deis, Nais, Neuraxis, Parasynaxis, Parataxis, Praxis, Procatarxis, Ptyxis, Rhizotaxis, Semiaxis, Synaxis, Syntaxis, Varicosis. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-h-i-l-o-p-p-r-s-x-y" | |
-3 letters: hypoxias, oxyphils, phylaxis, popishly. | |
-4 letters: apishly, happily, hoarily, horsily, hypoxia, oxyphil, palship, poplars, propyla, propyls, prosily, pyrolas, sappily, sharply, shiplap, soapily. | |
-5 letters: aliyos, hippos, ixoras, oxalis, oxlips, palish, papyri, parish, parols, payors, pharos, phials, phylar, pipals, plashy, poisha, polars, polish, polypi, polyps, popish, poplar, poshly, praxis, prolix, propyl, pylori, pyrola, ralphs, raphis, rashly. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-h-i-l-o-p-p-r-s-x-y" | |
+5 letters: chemoprophylaxis. | |
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