preventible, a.
(prɪˈvɛntɪb(ə)l)
[f. L. prævent-, ppl. stem of prævenīre (see prevene) + -ible, on analogy of contemptible, permissible, susceptible, etc. The earlier Eng. formation is preventable.]
That may be prevented, capable of prevention.
| 1850 Dickens Begging Letter Writer Wks. 1858 VIII. 179 Sacred from preventible diseases, distortions, and pains. 1871 Tyndall Fragm. Sc. (1879) II. xii. 290 This preventible destruction is going on to-day. 1885 Manch. Exam. 8 May 4/7 A large loss of life..which was in a great degree preventible and ought to be prevented. |
Hence preventiˈbility.
| 1852 Q. Rev. (Flügel), The preventibility of disease. |