prophylactic
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From her hospital admission to her death, Glasgow-born Lady Joan did not receive any prophylactic anticoagulation, which is used to stop blood clots from forming.
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026
While experts try to lock in a diagnosis, the center reported she’s receiving several prophylactic treatments and they are “cautiously hopeful.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026
Schiffman, 29, knew her mom had a prophylactic double mastectomy in 2015 after discovering she had the BRCA1 gene mutation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 7, 2026
Volunteers were divided into two groups: prophylactic arm and therapeutic arm.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 19, 2026
The numerous and often expensive failures in the application of any prophylactic treatment, have proved an acute stimulus to the research for other ways of combating the ravages of plant diseases.
From Disease in Plants by H. Marshall Ward
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