Prophylactic is a 12 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 26 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 29 points.
You can make 962 anagrams from letters in prophylactic (acchilopprty).
1565-75; Greek prophylaktikós of guarding, equivalent to prophylak- (base of prophylássein to guard beforehand) + -tikos -tic. See prophyla
It is not only an antidote, but one of those antidotes which taken in time is prophylactic.
The speech contained a sentence of prophylactic praise for initiative and enterprise, hard work and personal responsibility.
And he stayed two or three hours; and he used no prophylactic.
Yet many doctors recommend aspirin as a prophylactic for everyone at risk of heart disease.
Certain physicians employed a prophylactic remedy made up of very many substances.
Cold infusion of tar was used in our colonies as a prophylactic against the Small Pox.
In some sense, their embrace of self-described black conservatives can be seen as a prophylactic measure.
I find that as a prophylactic a little brandy is almost a necessity in this climate.
Six months later, at a hospital 600 miles from home, my mom underwent a prophylactic double mastectomy.
Section 5, by contrast, works as a prophylactic measure, stopping discrimination before it can occur.
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