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Webster 1828 Edition

Contraindicate

CONTRAINDICATE

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Verb.
T.
[contra and indicate.] In medicine, to indicate some method of cure, contrary to that which the general tenor of the disease requires; or to forbid that to be done which the main scope of the malady points out.

Definition 2024

contraindicate

contraindicate

English

Verb

contraindicate ‎(third-person singular simple present contraindicates, present participle contraindicating, simple past and past participle contraindicated)

  1. (medicine) To make inadvisable; to warn against a specific medicine or treatment.

Translations

Etymology

contra- +‎ indicate

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