Contraindicate

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Contraindicate \Con"tra*in*"di*cate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
     {Contraindicated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Contraindicating}.]
     (Med.)
     To indicate, as by a symptom, some method of treatment
     contrary to that which the general tenor of the case would
     seem to require; especially, to indicate that a particular


     method of treatment should not be used; as, penicilin is
     contraindicated in patients who have shown hypersensitivity.
     [1913 Webster +PJC]
  
           Contraindicating symptoms must be observed. --Harvey.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  contraindicate
       v : make a treatment inadvisable [ant: {indicate}, {indicate}]