Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for PRO-PHY-LAC'TIC, or PRO-PHY-LAC'TICAL
PRO-PHY-LAC'TIC, or PRO-PHY-LAC'TICAL, a. [Gr. προφυλακτικος, from προφυλασσω, to prevent, to guard against; προ and φυλασσω, to preserve.]
In medicine, preventive; defending from disease. – Coxe.
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