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Discover LudwigThe phrase "preventive of" is not typically used in written English
A more idiomatic and grammatically correct way to express this idea would be "preventive against." For example: "Regular exercise is preventive against certain health conditions."
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Further studies of the survival signalling pathways may provide novel therapeutic strategies for preventive of age-related disease to prevent age-related alterations.
Major new findings from such clinical trials have seriously challenged estrogen's image as a preventive of chronic disease, raising doubts about the benefits of lifelong hormone replacement.
In 1897 the English bacteriologist Almroth Wright introduced a vaccine prepared from killed typhoid bacilli as a preventive of typhoid.
His favorite prescription for a cold was rock-and-rye, and he believed and taught that a shot of Maryland whiskey was the best preventive of pneumonia in the "r" months.
1936 Thousands Must Leave Plains Migration of 59,000 families from drought-stricken farms of the Great Plains dust bowl as the sole preventive of immediate disaster there has been recommended by Dr. C.W. Thornthwaite, former Oklahoma University climatologist, after a population survey which he has been conducting for the government.
In the chemical industry, nitrogen is used as a preventive of oxidation or other deterioration of a product, as an inert diluent of a reactive gas, as a carrier to remove heat or chemicals and as an inhibitor of fire or explosions.
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It is thus of great importance to obtain evidence of preventive measures of these cancers.
Summarised, the body of evidence of a preventive effect of reduced ETS exposure on childhood asthma is stronger than the evidence of a preventive effect of fish.
The clinical benefit of preventive eradication of unruptured brain arteriovenous malformations remains uncertain.
The effectiveness of preventive administration of olanzapine was evaluated retrospectively.
2) What are the risks of preventive use of antibiotics or probiotics in critically ill patients?
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