Contraindicate Definition

kŏntrə-ĭndĭ-kāt

contraindicated, contraindicates, contraindicating

verb

contraindicated, contraindicates, contraindicating

To indicate the inadvisability of (a medical treatment, for example).

American Heritage

To make (the indicated, or expected, procedure or treatment) inadvisable.

Webster's New World

To indicate the inadvisability of a medical treatment or other course of action.

American Heritage Medicine

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