{"id":6911,"date":"2020-02-17T06:55:39","date_gmt":"2020-02-17T06:55:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/?p=6911"},"modified":"2023-06-20T10:18:59","modified_gmt":"2023-06-20T10:18:59","slug":"prophylaxis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/prophylaxis\/","title":{"rendered":"Prophylaxis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The use of measures to prevent the onset of disease.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Prevention or protection against disease.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>An attempt to prevent disease.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>A preventive treatment.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Steps taken to prevent (or to reduce the incidence or the severity of) disease\u2014for example, by artifical immunization.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Any measure or action taken to prevent disease.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Treatment or other action intended to prevent the onset of an illness, or to prevent its recurrence if a person has already had it.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Any means taken to prevent disease, such as immunization against diphtheria or whooping cough, or fluoridation to prevent dental decay in children.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Treatment or action adopted with the view of warding off disease. 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