prophylactically
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prophylactically (comparative more prophylactically, superlative most prophylactically)
- Preventively.
- 2009 March 30, Pam Belluck, “Cholesterol Drugs May Cut Risk of Clots”, in New York Times[1]:
- “I can’t imagine that you would be treating people prophylactically yet,” said Dr. Timothy J. Gardner, the president of the American Heart Association .
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preventively
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