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contraindicated - 2 dictionary results

con⋅tra⋅in⋅di⋅cate

[kon-truh-in-di-keyt]
–verb (used with object), -cat⋅ed, -cat⋅ing. Medicine/Medical.
(of a symptom or condition) to give indication against the advisability of (a particular or usual remedy or treatment).

Origin:
1660–70; prob. back formation from contraindication. See contra-1 , indication


con⋅tra⋅in⋅di⋅cant [kon-truh-in-di-kuhnt] , noun
con⋅tra⋅in⋅di⋅ca⋅tion, noun
con·tra·in·di·cate   (kŏn'trə-ĭn'dĭ-kāt')   
tr.v.   con·tra·in·di·cat·ed, con·tra·in·di·cat·ing, con·tra·in·di·cates
To indicate the inadvisability of (a medical treatment, for example).
con'tra·in·dic'a·tive (-ĭn-dĭk'ə-tĭv) adj.
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