contra-indicationn.
Medicine.
An indication or symptom which makes against the treatment called for by the main symptoms.
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1623 J. Hart tr. P. van Foreest Arraignm. Vrines iv. 103 Contraindication is that which primarily and principally doth hinder that which was suggested by the indicant.
1732 J. Arbuthnot Pract. Rules of Diet i. 282 When there are Contra-indications, that is, when different Symptoms demand opposite Methods.
1780 J. T. Dillon Trav. Spain i. xv. 148 In those cases where every other specific has its contraindication.
1874 tr. H. W. von Ziemssen et al. Cycl. Pract. Med. I. 212 Hemorrhage from the bowels constitutes one of the contraindications to the use of cold baths.
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