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予防的治療 (よぼうてきちりょう) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

予よ防ぼう的てき治ち療りょう

Meanings

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noun

prophylactic treatment; preventive treatment

Medical term for treatment given to prevent disease rather than to cure it.

感かん染せん症しょうの予よ防ぼう的てき治ち療りょうとして抗こう生せい物ぶっ質しつが処しょ方ほうされた。
Antibiotics were prescribed as prophylactic treatment for the infectious disease.

Kanji

予beforehand, previous, myself
防ward off, defend, protect
的bull's eye, mark, target
治

reign, be at peace, calm down

療heal, cure

Similar words

予よ防ぼう
予防 is the general concept of prevention, while 予防的治療 specifically refers to medical treatment given preventively.
治ち療りょう
治療 is general medical treatment, often curative; 予防的治療 is explicitly preventive.

Etymology

Compound of 予防 (prevention) + 的 (-like, -ive) + 治療 (medical treatment).