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Definition of Contraindication
1. Noun. (medicine) a reason that makes it inadvisable to prescribe a particular drug or employ a particular procedure or treatment.
Category relationships: Medical Specialty, Medicine
Derivative terms: Contraindicate
Antonyms: Indication
Definition of Contraindication
1. n. An indication or symptom which forbids the method of treatment usual in such cases.
Definition of Contraindication
1. Noun. (medicine) A factor or symptom which makes the prescribed treatment inadvisable. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Contraindication
1. Any condition, especially any condition of disease, which renders some particular line of treatment improper or undesirable. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Contraindication
Literary usage of Contraindication
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1902)
"... in this case as of syphilitic origin directly dependent, upon a specific
ulcerative enteritis. A contraindication to Circumcision. ..."
2. The American Journal of Obstetrics and Diseases of Women and Children (1916)
"Therefore a persistent Wassermann is not a contraindication to marriage if the
above requirements have been fulfilled. FIG. 2. ..."
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