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