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conservative
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conservative /con·ser·va·tive/ (kon-serv´ah-tiv) designed to preserve health, restore function, and repair structures by nonradical methods.
con·ser·va·tive (kn-sûrv-tv)
adj.
Of or relating to treatment by gradual, limited, or well-established procedures; not radical.
con·serva·tive·ly adv.


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