Contraindication (Noun)
Meaning
(medicine) a reason that makes it inadvisable to prescribe a particular drug or employ a particular procedure or treatment.
Classification
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.
Examples
- The doctor had to consider the patient's history of kidney disease as a contraindication for the new medication.
- A severe allergy to penicillin is a contraindication for using it to treat bacterial infections.
- The patient's age and frailty were a contraindication for the surgery, so the doctor recommended alternative treatments.
- Pregnancy is a contraindication for the use of certain antidepressant medications due to potential risks to the fetus.
- The patient's bleeding disorder was a contraindication for the use of anticoagulant medications to treat the blood clot.