chemoprophylaxis

As nouns the difference between chemoprophylaxis and prophylaxis

is that chemoprophylaxis is chemoprevention; the prevention of disease using food supplements or drugs while prophylaxis is (medicine) prevention of, or protective treatment for disease.

As nouns the difference between chemoprophylaxis and treatment

is that chemoprophylaxis is chemoprevention; the prevention of disease using food supplements or drugs while treatment is the process or manner of treating someone or something.

As nouns the difference between immunoprophylaxis and chemoprophylaxis

is that immunoprophylaxis is the prevention of disease by administration of vaccines while chemoprophylaxis is chemoprevention; the prevention of disease using food supplements or drugs.

As nouns the difference between chemoprophylaxis and chemotherapy

is that chemoprophylaxis is chemoprevention; the prevention of disease using food supplements or drugs while chemotherapy is any chemical treatment intended to be therapeutic with respect to a disease state.

As nouns the difference between chemoprophylaxis and immunization

is that chemoprophylaxis is chemoprevention; the prevention of disease using food supplements or drugs while immunization is (us|uncountable) the process by which an individual is exposed to a material that is designed to prime his or her immune system against that material.

As nouns the difference between vaccination and chemoprophylaxis

is that vaccination is inoculation with a vaccine, in order to protect from a particular disease or strain of disease while chemoprophylaxis is chemoprevention; the prevention of disease using food supplements or drugs.

As nouns the difference between chemoprophylaxis and chemoprophylactic

is that chemoprophylaxis is chemoprevention; the prevention of disease using food supplements or drugs while chemoprophylactic is a chemoprophylactic drug.

As an adjective chemoprophylactic is

of or pertaining to chemoprophylaxis.