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prophylaxis

[ UK /pɹˌɒfɪlˈæksɪs/ ]
NOUN
  1. the prevention of disease

How To Use prophylaxis In A Sentence

  • Unless contraindicated, prophylaxis with a gastrointestinal motility stimulant laxative and a stool softener is appropriate in terminally ill patients who are being given opioids.
  • Antibiotic prophylaxis is recommended for bacteremic procedures to prevent brain abscess.
  • These include chemoprophylaxis for patients with latent infection, and strategies for chemotherapy of dually infected individuals.
  • Intravenous immunoglobulin prophylaxis and therapy is being given for a growing list of indications in the fields of immunology, neurology, hematology, and oncology.
  • The authors suggest that tamoxifen may be underused in selected groups of women who could benefit from prophylaxis.
  • Routine prophylaxis using phenobarbital, valproic acid, oral diazepam, or antipyretics is controversial and not indicated.
  • Protective measures: CDC recommends that travelers to areas of risk undertake chemoprophylaxis with chloroquine in addition to personal protective measures. Mexico - travelers's summary profile
  • Richet calls this hypersensitivity with regard to toxins, anaphylaxis, in contrast to phylaxis or prophylaxis, meaning protection. Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1913 - Presentation Speech
  • Its immunodiagnosis and immunoprophylaxis evokes much attention of scholar in domestic and abroad.
  • The diagnosis of subclinical valvulitis and valvulopathy influences the secondary prophylaxis of rheumatic fever and endocarditis.
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