NOUN | communication | contraindication | (medicine) a reason that makes it inadvisable to prescribe a particular drug or employ a particular procedure or treatment |
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Meaning | (medicine) a reason that makes it inadvisable to prescribe a particular drug or employ a particular procedure or treatment. | |
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Category | medicine, medical specialty | The branches of medical science that deal with nonsurgical techniques |
Broader | reason | A fact that logically justifies some premise or conclusion |
Opposite | indication | (medicine) a reason to prescribe a drug or perform a procedure |
Spanish | contraindicación | |
Catalan | contraindicació | |
Verbs | contraindicate | make a treatment inadvisable |
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