- preventability
- pre·vent·abil·i·ty
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preventability
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Preventability — Pre*vent a*bil i*ty, n. The quality or state of being preventable. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
preventability — noun see prevent … New Collegiate Dictionary
preventability — See prevent. * * * … Universalium
preventability — noun a) The condition of being preventable b) The extent to which something is preventable … Wiktionary
preventability — n. ability to be prevented, ability to be averted, ability to be avoided … English contemporary dictionary
preventability — prēˌventəˈbiləd.ē, prə̇ˌ , ətē, i noun : the quality or state of being preventable * * * preventabilˈity noun • • • Main Entry: ↑prevent … Useful english dictionary
Medical error — A medical error may be defined as a preventable adverse effect of care, whether or not it is evident or harmful to the patient. This might include an inaccurate or incomplete diagnosis or treatment of a disease, injury, syndrome, behavior,… … Wikipedia
South African law of delict — The South African law of delict engages primarily with the circumstances in which one person can claim compensation from another for harm that has been suffered. [1] JC Van der Walt and Rob Midgley define a delict, in general terms [...] as a… … Wikipedia
prevent — verb Etymology: Middle English, to anticipate, from Latin praeventus, past participle of praevenire to come before, anticipate, forestall, from prae + venire to come more at come Date: 15th century transitive verb 1. archaic a. to be in readiness … New Collegiate Dictionary
Thought experiment — A thought experiment (from the German Gedankenexperiment ) is a proposal for an experiment that would test a hypothesis or theory but cannot actually be performed due to practical limitations; instead its purpose is to explore the potential… … Wikipedia
