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Word: Phylaxis
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
early 20th century. From ancient Greek ϕύλαξις watching, guarding, a security from ϕυλακ-, stem of ϕυλάσσειν to guard + -σις, after French phylaxie
Definition:
The immunological protection of the body against infection.
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