Search Result for "contraindication": 
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. (medicine) a reason that makes it inadvisable to prescribe a particular drug or employ a particular procedure or treatment;


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Contraindication \Con"tra*in`di*ca"tion\, n. (med.) An indication or symptom which forbids the method of treatment usual in such cases. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

contraindication n 1: (medicine) a reason that makes it inadvisable to prescribe a particular drug or employ a particular procedure or treatment [ant: indication]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

28 Moby Thesaurus words for "contraindication": antagonism, antipathy, antithesis, clashing, collision, conflict, confrontation, contradiction, contradistinction, contraposition, contrariety, contrast, counterposition, cross-purposes, disagreement, discrepancy, hostility, inconsistency, inimicalness, oppositeness, opposition, opposure, oppugnance, oppugnancy, perversity, polarity, repugnance, showdown