Meanings
nouncontraindication (plural contraindications)
plural contraindications
- medicineA factor or symptom which makes a certain treatment inadvisable, generally or individually.
Synonyms & antonyms
noun(medicine) a reason that makes it inadvisable to prescribe a particular drug or employ a particular procedure or treatment
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Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
- Proto-Italic*kom
- Proto-Italic*kom-
- Proto-Italic*komteros
- Proto-Italic*komterād
- Latincontrā
- Englishcontra-
- Englishindication
- Englishcontraindication
From contra- + indication.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic مُضَادّ اِسْتِطْبَاب
- مُضَادّ اِسْتِطْبَاب (muḍādd istiṭbāb)factor or symptom
Bulgarian противопоказание
- противопоказание (protivopokazanie)factor or symptom
Chinese Mandarin 禁忌症
- 禁忌症 (jìnjìzhèng)factor or symptom
Czech kontraindikace
- kontraindikacefactor or symptom
Dutch tegenindicatie
- tegenindicatiefactor or symptom
Finnish vasta-aihe, käytön este
- vasta-aihefactor or symptom
- käytön estefactor or symptom
French contre-indication, contrindication
- contre-indicationfactor or symptom
- contrindicationfactor or symptom
German Gegenanzeige, Kontraindikation
- Gegenanzeigefactor or symptom
- Kontraindikationfactor or symptom
Greek αντένδειξη
- αντένδειξη (anténdeixi)factor or symptom
Italian controindicazione
- controindicazionefactor or symptom
Polish przeciwwskazanie
- przeciwwskazaniefactor or symptom
Portuguese contraindicação
- contraindicaçãofactor or symptom
Russian противопоказа́ние
- противопоказа́ние (protivopokazánije)factor or symptom
Spanish contraindicación
- contraindicaciónfactor or symptom
Turkish kontrendikasyon
- kontrendikasyonfactor or symptom
Ukrainian протипоказа́ння
- протипоказа́ння (protypokazánnja)factor or symptom
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with contraindication
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All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
contraindication. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/contraindication
MLA
“contraindication.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/contraindication. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “contraindication,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/contraindication.
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