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Definition of Contraindicate
1. Verb. Make a treatment inadvisable.
Derivative terms: Contraindication
Antonyms: Indicate, Indicate
Definition of Contraindicate
1. v. t. To indicate, as by a symptom, some method of treatment contrary to that which the general tenor of the case would seem to require.
Definition of Contraindicate
1. Verb. (context: medicine) To make inadvisable; to warn against a specific medicine or treatment. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Contraindicate
1. [v -CATED, -CATING, -CATES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Contraindicate
Literary usage of Contraindicate
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The London Medical Gazette (1829)
"The general condition of the patient appeared to contraindicate the abstraction
of blood. MEDICAL GAZETTE. Saturday, June 20, 1829. ..."
2. The Principles and Practice of Gynecology: For Students and Practitioners by Emilius Clark Dudley (1908)
"Enlargement of the glands, although evidence that carcinoma has extended beyond
the uterus, does not necessarily contraindicate hysterectomy, although it ..."
3. The Retrospect of Medicine by William Braithwaite (1869)
"She left, much improved; (/•) Will hypertrophy of the heart contraindicate digitalis?
That will depend upon its cause, which will either be one of car- ..."
4. Drug Labeling In Developing Countries by DIANE Publishing Company (1993)
"There is some disagreement about the last point, the need to contraindicate a
drug specifically for hypersensitivity to the drug itself or to the class of ..."
5. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1911)
"Cholecystitis, phlebitis, pleurisy, if accompanied by considerable pain,
contraindicate the bath for a like reason. Cyanosis and syncope demand cessation of ..."
6. The Harvey Lectures by Harvey Society of New York, New York Academy of Medicine (1918)
"... and two of these died from uncontrollable hemorrhages from the nose. He also
believes that previous hemorrhages contraindicate this form of treatment. ..."
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