prevention B2 Topic:Health & Medicine US /pɹɪˈvɛnʃən/ See IPA manual Freq #19298 Meanings 1 noun The act of stopping something bad from happening. Prevention of crime is a top priority for the police. 2 noun Action taken to reduce health risks, such as vaccination or early diagnosis. The clinic runs a campaign focused on disease prevention. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · the act of stopping... bar Word family Forms preventions Derived forms angiopreventionantipreventionchemopreventionimmunopreventionnonpreventionphotopreventionprevenceptionpreventionalpreventionismpreventionist Etymology AI details From Middle English prevencion, from Medieval Latin prēventiō. prevencion Middle English prēventiō la-med View etymology graph -> Topics Health & Medicine Actions & Processes External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # prevention **Type:** Word **Level:** B2 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /pɹɪˈvɛnʃən/ **Frequency rank:** 19298 ## Meanings 1. The act of stopping something bad from happening. 2. Action taken to reduce health risks, such as vaccination or early diagnosis. ## Examples - Prevention of crime is a top priority for the police. - The clinic runs a campaign focused on disease prevention. ## Derived Forms - angioprevention - antiprevention - chemoprevention - immunoprevention - nonprevention - photoprevention - prevenception - preventional - preventionism - preventionist ## Roots and Affixes - Root: prevencion - Root: prēventiō ## Etymology From Middle English prevencion, from Medieval Latin prēventiō. ## AI Etymology Prevention comes from Middle English prevencion, from Medieval Latin prēventiō. The historical chain includes prevencion (Middle English), prēventiō (la-med). In present-day English it covers the act of stopping something bad from happening and action taken to reduce health risks, such as vaccination or early diagnosis. The wider family includes derived forms such as angioprevention, antiprevention, chemoprevention, immunoprevention, nonprevention. ## Topics - Health & Medicine - Actions & Processes markdown