Prophylactic dosage-- Giving medications to prevent or protect against diseases.
Prophylaxis for what? For something to be prophylactic, it has to prevent something before it happens....... Could be pain, pregnancy, infection, etc.
Prophylactic = Preventive (of disease)
poppalactic poppalactic PROPHYLACTIC as in prophylactic antibiotics?????
the doctor will usually prescribe a prophylactic (disease-preventing) course of antibiotics. The usual dosage is 10 days of oral amoxicillin, doxycycline, or cefuroxime
admission for prophylactic removal of ovary
preventive, preventative
to prevent the occurrence of cancer
Prophylactic chemotherapy is performed on precancerous tumors to keep them from turning malignant. It is also done after cancer therapy to make certain that there are no more cancer cells to grow.
Old slang word for a condom, short for prophylactic.
therapeutic prophylactic diagnostic injection (given) subcutaneous or intramuscular So basically it means that a drug is given by injection in the skin or muscle before you have an official diagnosis. Prophylactic means that it's protecting from or preventing a disease. An immunization is considered prophylactic.
I think it was Edward Jenner. He invented the first vaccine.
prophylactic, functional, rehabilitative and arthritic brace