contraindicate

A verb used in medical contexts to indicate that a particular treatment or procedure is inadvisable due to a specific condition or circumstance.

• 🇫🇷Verbe utilisé en contexte médical pour indiquer qu'un traitement ou une procédure particulière n'est pas recommandé en raison d'un état ou d'une circonstance spécifique.

1. Make a treatment inadvisable C1 formal medical

   To indicate that a particular medical treatment or procedure should not be used because it is likely to be harmful.

   • The patient's allergy to penicillin contraindicates the use of this antibiotic.
   • Severe liver disease may contraindicate the administration of certain painkillers.
   • The doctor noted that the patient's pregnancy contraindicates the X-ray procedure.

   🇫🇷contre-indiquer un traitement

   Synonymes: disallowdiscourageforbidprohibitproscribe

   Antonymes: indicate

• contraindicated past participle
• contraindicated past simple
• contraindicating present participle
• contraindicates third person singular