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Meanings of preventable in English

Portuguese
previnível
Catalan
prevenible

Capable of being prevented.

previnível
Usage of preventable in English
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Some health experts contended then, and now, that these were preventable deaths.
Jamaica Observer
2
The number of preventable drownings was estimated with a population-attributable risk equation.
Pubmed
3
Malnutrition, acute respiratory illnesses, tuberculosis, preventable diseases of various types, are widespread.
The duel: pakistan on the flight path of american power
4
UNICEF also immunises children against preventable diseases, such as measles and diphtheria.
The Irish Times
5
Purpose: Benign prostatic hyperplasia is generally not regarded as a preventable disease.
Pubmed
6
HIV is completely preventable, and we have to insist on safer sex.
Ebony
7
Although there is no cure for rabies, the disease is still preventable.
The South African
8
We conclude that nutritional rickets is a tricky diagnosis, but is preventable.
Pubmed
9
Glaucoma represents a leading cause of preventable vision loss in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Pubmed
10
There is no gain or heroism in this type of preventable suffering.
Prescription alternatives: hundreds of safe, natural, prescripti...
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WorkSafe head of general inspectorate Jo Pugh said the deaths were preventable.
Radio NZ
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It is also the third most important preventable cause of heart disease.
The Irish Times
13
A preventable recession, induced by a forewarned Congress, would be a first.
Reuters
14
Cataract is the second leading cause of preventable blindness on the globe.
Pubmed
15
Symptoms unfavourable, and ultimate collapse preventable only by speedy change of scene.
Flaming June
16
Type 2 diabetes is a debilitating, life altering, deadly and preventable disease.
Ebony
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Translations for preventable
Catalan
prevenible
Preventable through the time
Preventable across language varieties
New Zealand
Common
Ireland
Common
United States of America
Less common
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