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Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis

Noun

a preventive treatment for HIV infection in which antiretroviral drugs are taken by an uninfected person who is at a high risk of contracting HIV

In some quarters, the idea that healthy gay men should take a medication to prevent infection—an approach called pre-exposure prophylaxis, or PrEP—has met with hostility or indifference.

Sanskrit equivalent

पूर्वसंस्पर्शननिवारकचिकित्सा

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