OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 20082

prevention

/pɹɪˈvɛnʃən/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
prevención
The act of preventing or hindering; obstruction of action, access, or approach; thwarting.
Casca, be sudden, for we fear prevention.
a fire prevention campaign
prevención
Any measure intended to limit health-related risks (such as information campaigns, vaccination, early diagnosis etc.).
Whatever cures are known, and preventions that are practiced now, could have been common knowledge centuries ago.
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