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Contraindicate

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, to indicate that a particular method of treatment should not be used; as, penicilin is contraindicated in patients who have shown hypersensitivity.

Contraindicating symptoms must be observed.
--Harvey.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
contraindicate

1660s, from contra- + indicate. Related: Contraindicated; contraindication (1620s).

Wiktionary
contraindicate

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

WordNet
contraindicate

v. make a treatment inadvisable [ant: indicate, indicate]

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.