English-Dutch translations for preventive

• preventief
  We moeten erachter zien te komen wat we preventief kunnen ondernemen. We need to know how to take preventive action.
  Antibiotica moeten niet routinematig en preventief worden gebruikt. Antibiotics must not be used routinely or preventively.
  Zulke beslissingen kunnen ook een preventief element bevatten. Such decisions can also have a preventive element.
• voorbehoedend

Definition of preventive

• Preventing, hindering, or acting as an obstacle to
• Slowing the development of an illness; prophylactic
• Going before; preceding
• A thing that prevents, hinders, or acts as an obstacle to
• A thing that slows the development of an illness

Related words

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