- A gybe
preventer,
preventer, or jibe-guard, is a
mechanical device on a
sailing vessel which limits the boom's
ability to
swing unexpectedly across the...
- A
blowout preventer (BOP) (pronounced B-O-P) is a
specialized valve or
similar mechanical device, used to seal,
control and
monitor oil and gas wells...
-
reducing illness and
deaths from
diseases that
could be
prevented by vaccines. Vaccine-
preventable deaths are
usually caused by a
failure to
obtain the vaccine...
- Look up prevention or
prevent in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Prevention may
refer to:
Preventive healthcare,
measures to
prevent diseases or injuries...
- The
table indicates how many
infant and
child deaths could have been
prevented in 2000, ****uming
universal healthcare coverage.
Obesity is a
major risk...
- wins the
match "by four wickets",
since the team
would only have been
prevented from
scoring the
winning runs if four more of its
batters had been dismissed...
- A
Modest Proposal for
Preventing the
Children of Poor
People from
Being a
Burthen to
Their Parents or Country, and for
Making Them
Beneficial to the Publick...
-
Criminal Procedure Act 1701 (c. 6). It was
originally called "the Act for
preventing wrongful imprisonment and
against undue delays in trials". It is still...
- non-conformities or
other undesirable situations, so as to
prevent recurrence.
Preventive action:
Action taken to
prevent the
occurrence of such non-conformities, generally...
- infected, and
needle exchange programs.
Disease in a baby can
often be
prevented by
giving both the
mother and
child antiretroviral medication. Recognized...
