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Princeton's WordNet
contraindicationnoun
(medicine) a reason that makes it inadvisable to prescribe a particular drug or employ a particular procedure or treatment
Wiktionary
contraindicationnoun
A factor or symptom which makes the prescribed treatment inadvisable.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Contraindicationnoun
An indication or symptom, which forbids that to be done which the main scope of a disease points out at first. John Quincy
Etymology: from contraindicate.
I endeavour to give the most simple idea of the distemper, and the proper diet, abstracting from the complications of the first, or the contraindications to the second. John Arbuthnot, on Aliments.
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Contraindication
In medicine, a contraindication is a condition that serves as a reason not to take a certain medical treatment due to the harm that it would cause the patient. Contraindication is the opposite of indication, which is a reason to use a certain treatment. Absolute contraindications are contraindications for which there are no reasonable circumstances for undertaking a course of action. For example, children and teenagers with viral infections should not be given aspirin because of the risk of Reye syndrome, and a person with an anaphylactic food allergy should never eat the food to which they are allergic. Similarly, a person with hemochromatosis should not be administered iron preparations. Relative contraindications are contraindications for circumstances in which the patient is at higher risk of complications from treatment, but these risks may be outweighed by other considerations or mitigated by other measures. For example, a pregnant woman should normally avoid getting X-rays, but the risk may be outweighed by the benefit of diagnosing (and then treating) a serious condition such as tuberculosis. Relative contraindications may also be referred to as cautions, such as in the British National Formulary.
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contraindication
A contraindication refers to a condition, factor or symptom that makes a particular medical treatment or procedure potentially harmful or inappropriate for a patient. This could be due to a potential interaction with a pre-existing disease, a patient's allergy to a particular drug, a potential risk of complications, or other reasons.
Webster Dictionary
Contraindicationnoun
an indication or symptom which forbids the method of treatment usual in such cases
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Contraindication
In medicine, a contraindication is a condition or factor that serves as a reason to withhold a certain medical treatment. Some contraindications are absolute, meaning that there are no reasonable circumstances for undertaking a course of action. For example, children and teenagers with viral infections should not be given aspirin because of the risk of Reye's syndrome, and a person with an anaphylactic food allergy should never eat the food to which they are allergic. Similarly, a person with hemochromatosis should not be administered iron preparations. Other contraindications are relative, meaning that the patient is at higher risk of complications, but these risks may be outweighed by other considerations or mitigated by other measures. For example, a pregnant woman should normally avoid getting X-rays, but the risk may be outweighed by the benefit of diagnosing a serious condition such as tuberculosis. Relative contraindications may also be referred to as cautions, such as in the British National Formulary.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of contraindication in Chaldean Numerology is: 9
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of contraindication in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7
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