Example: Les soins préventifs aident à éviter de nombreuses maladies graves.
Definition
"Les soins préventifs" refers to medical care and actions taken to prevent diseases or health issues before they occur, helping to maintain health and avoid serious illnesses through measures like vaccinations, screenings, and healthy lifestyle advice.
The term "les soins préventifs" comes from French, where "soins" means care or treatment, and "préventifs" derives from the verb "prévenir," meaning to prevent. Did you know that "prévenir" originally comes from Latin "praevenire," meaning 'to come before' or 'to anticipate'?
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"Les soins préventifs" appears in the Vocaplus list "French - Medicine - (A1-C2) - set 1", containing 109 commonly used words.
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preventive care