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Webster 1913 Edition

Contraindication

Con′tra-inˊdi-ca′tion

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Noun.

(med.)

An indication or symptom which forbids the method of treatment usual in such cases.

Webster 1828 Edition

Contraindication

CONTRAINDICATION

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Noun.

An indication, from some peculiar symptom or fact, that forbids the method of cure which the main symptoms or nature of the disease requires.

Definition 2024

contraindication

contraindication

English

Noun

contraindication ‎(plural contraindications)

(medicine) A factor or symptom which makes a certain treatment inadvisable, generally or individually.

Translations

factor or symptom

Arabic:
Bulgarian: противопоказание n ‎(protivopokazanie)
Chinese:
Mandarin:
Czech: kontraindikace f
Dutch: tegenindicatie f
Finnish: vasta-aihe, käytön este

French: contre-indication (fr) f, contrindication (fr) f (1990 spelling)
Galician: contraindicación (gl) f
Greek: αντένδειξη (el) ‎(anténdeixi)
Ido: kontreindiko (io)
Italian: controindicazione (it)
Russian: противопоказа́ние (ru) n ‎(protivopokazánije)
Spanish: contraindicación (es) f