contraindication
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1. (medicine) a reason that makes it inadvisable to prescribe a particular drug or employ a particular procedure or treatment (noun.communication)
| hypernym | : | reason, |
| definition | : | a fact that logically justifies some premise or conclusion (noun.cognition) |
| domain category | : | medical specialty, medicine, |
| definition | : | the branches of medical science that deal with nonsurgical techniques (noun.cognition) |
| antonym | : | indication, |
| definition | : | (medicine) a reason to prescribe a drug or perform a procedure (noun.communication) |
| derivation | : | contraindicate, |
| definition | : | make a treatment inadvisable (verb.communication) |
| antonym | : | indication, |
| definition | : | (medicine) a reason to prescribe a drug or perform a procedure (noun.communication) |
| derivation | : | contraindicate, |
| definition | : | make a treatment inadvisable (verb.communication) |
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