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contraindicate

Word definitions for contraindicate in dictionaries

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1660s, from contra- + indicate . Related: Contraindicated ; contraindication (1620s).

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
vb. (context medicine English) To make inadvisable; to warn against a specific medicine or treatment.

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
v. make a treatment inadvisable [ant: indicate , indicate ]

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Contraindicate \Con"tra*in*"di*cate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Contraindicated ; p. pr. & vb. n. Contraindicating .] (Med.) To indicate, as by a symptom, some method of treatment contrary to that which the general tenor of the case would seem to require; especially, ...

Usage examples of contraindicate.

Checked her file, told her hyper stimulation during previous drug cycle contraindicates repeat donation.

Penicillin is theoretically contraindicated because if you rupture the cell wall of this thing, you release more toxin, and her system does not need more toxin.

It is contraindicated that your arrival here was not simply serendipity.

Needless to say, the sex humiliation angle is contraindicated for overt homosexuals.

In prescribing this drug, physicians are warned that Ritalin is contraindicated for patients with psychological problems such as depression, psychosis, or chronic fatigue.

When I replied in the affirmative, Armstrong, whose towering frame and fierce face contraindicated what I knew to be his gentle demeanor, said, "You look as if you're in pain.