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Definition of Prophylactics
1. prophylactic [n] - See also: prophylactic
Lexicographical Neighbors of Prophylactics
Literary usage of Prophylactics
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Social Psychology: An Outline and Source Book by Edward Alsworth Ross (1908)
"... CHAPTER V prophylactics AGAINST MOB MIND IN his "Ninety-Three" Victor Hugo
describes a Mob folk mounted cannon broken loose in the hold of a vessel on ..."
2. Social Psychology: An Outline and Source Book by Edward Alsworth Ross (1908)
"... CHAPTER V prophylactics AGAINST MOB MIND IN his "Ninety-Three" Victor Hugo
describes a Mob folk mounted cannon broken loose in the hold of a vessel on ..."
3. The History, diagnosis, and treatment of the fevers of the United States by Elisha Bartlett (1856)
"prophylactics. There can be no doubt, I suppose, that the most effectual means
of warding off the disease from those who have been exposed to its essential ..."
4. The History, Diagnosis, and Treatment of the Fevers of the United States by Elisha Bartlett (1852)
"prophylactics. There can be no doubt, I suppose, that the most effectual means
of warding off the disease from those who have been exposed to its essential ..."
5. A Journal of Natural Philosophy, Chemistry and the Arts by William Nicholson (1812)
"... useful Applications of Meteorological Observations to Nautical prophylactics:
by F. PERÓN, Naturalist of the Voyage of Discovery to the Austral Lands, ..."
6. Revelations of Egyptian Mysteries and Allegories of the Greek Lyric Poets by Robert Howard (1850)
"CHAPTER X. OF prophylactics, AND REMEDIAL AGENTS. prophylactics are substances
which are made use of for the purpose of shielding the body from the ..."