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/fi lak"tik/, adj.defending or protecting, esp. from disease.[1700-10; < Gk phylaktikós preservative, equiv. to phylakt(ós) guarding (verbid of phylássein to guard) + -ikos -IC. See PROPHYLACTIC]
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