ˌcontra-indiˈcation Med.
[contra- 1; in medical L. contrāindicātio, F. contre-indication.]
An indication or symptom which makes against the treatment called for by the main symptoms.
| 1623 Hart Arraignm. Urines iv. 103 Contraindication is that which primarily and principally doth hinder that which was suggested by the indicant. 1732 Arbuthnot Rules of Diet 282 When there are Contra-indications, that is when different Symptoms demand opposite Methods. 1780 J. T. Dillon Trav. Spain (1781) 157 In those cases where every other specific has its contraindication. 1875 tr. Ziemssen's Cycl. Med. I. 212 Hæmorrhage from the bowels constitutes one of the contra-indications to the use of cold baths. |