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The phrase "a prophylactic" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a method or device intended to prevent disease or pregnancy, commonly in a medical or sexual health context.
Example: "Using a prophylactic during sexual intercourse can significantly reduce the risk of sexually transmitted infections."
Alternatives: "a contraceptive" or "a preventive measure".
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A prophylactic apology?
Lithium as a prophylactic agents.
"And then I'd have a prophylactic mastectomy".
"We're possibly fiddling with a prophylactic".
Having a prophylactic on your head is just bad publicity.
Snapchat at last provides sexting with a prophylactic.
Ms. Avner had had a prophylactic mastectomy last year.
Therefore, a prophylactic bilateral mastectomy may be a gamble.
She knows people who use Saran Wrap as a prophylactic.
A prophylactic oophorectomy and mastectomy increases survival by 8.5 years.
The staff (rather implausibly) affirms this as a positive, a prophylactic against the paparazzi.
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