preventable

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preventable - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Preventable \Pre*vent"a*ble\, a.
     Capable of being prevented or hindered; as, preventable
     diseases.
     [1913 Webster]

preventable - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  preventable
      adj 1: capable of being prevented; "conscious of preventable
             human suffering"- A.L.Guerard [ant: unpreventable]