preventive treatment
collocation in Englishmeaningsofpreventiveandtreatment
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preventive
adjective[before noun]
uk/prɪˈven.tɪv/us/prɪˈven.t̬ɪv/
intended to stop something before ...
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treatment
noun
uk/ˈtriːt.mənt/us/ˈtriːt.mənt/
the way you deal with or behave towards someone ...
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(Definition ofpreventiveandtreatmentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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In major orthopedic surgery withoutpreventivetreatment, the risk for venous thrombosis is 40% to 70%.
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The best-known example is the impact of the widespread use of antibiotics both for the treatment of human disease and aspreventivetreatmentof livestock.
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When the risk for venous thrombosis is elevated, for example, in conjunction with surgical intervention,preventivetreatmentis necessary.
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When small degrees of bias in randomized trials can mislead clinical decisions: an example of individualizingpreventivetreatmentof upper gastrointestinal bleeding.
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For such cases apreventivetreatmentcomprising one course of albendazole at 15 mg kg21 for five days should be considered.
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It is important for health care staff to be aware of the patient groups at risk for developing venous thromboembolism and when it is necessary to startpreventivetreatment.
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There is also a lack of adequatepreventivetreatmentfor osteoporosis and prostate cancer.
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Thepreventivetreatmentof such cases needs resources of staff and equipment unobtainable in hostels, under whatever central system of control they may be placed.
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I suggest that this ispreventivetreatmentat its best.
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This charge is going to make it impossible for many of these people to have thatpreventivetreatment.
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The scientific opinion is that thepreventivetreatmentis very successful.
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We must ensure that the old are cared for and that the young havepreventivetreatmentto keep them healthy.
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We need something which is more effective thanpreventivetreatment.
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People would continue to take uppreventivetreatment, but they would not take up a screening test.
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It is obvious that there will be a reduction in screening andpreventivetreatment.
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He asked what we mean by sustaining the family, and thepreventivetreatmentof delinquency.
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What steps in his proposals will give an incentive to dentists to carry outpreventivetreatment?
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More cooperation and resources for the study of cancer andpreventivetreatmentare very important.
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