(medicine) a reason that makes it inadvisable to prescribe a particular drug or employ a particular procedure or treatment
Around the World
Europe
🇩🇪German
kontraindizieren
eine Behandlung nicht ratsam machen
🇫🇷French
contre-indiquer
rendre un traitement déconseillé
🇪🇸Spanish
contraindicar
hacer un tratamiento desaconsejable
🇮🇹Italian
controindicare
rendere sconsigliabile un trattamento
🇳🇱Dutch
contra-indicatie
een behandeling af te raden
🇵🇹Portuguese
contra-indicar
tornar um tratamento desaconselhável
🇷🇺Russian
противопоказано
сделать лечение нецелесообразным
India
🇮🇳Hindi
निषेध करना
उपचार को अनुचित बनाएं
🇮🇳Tamil
முரண்
ஒரு சிகிச்சையை விரும்பத்தகாததாக ஆக்குங்கள்
🇮🇳Telugu
విరుద్ధం
చికిత్సను అనాలోచితంగా చేయండి
🇮🇳Gujarati
બિનસલાહભર્યું
સારવારને અનિચ્છનીય બનાવો
🇮🇳Kannada
ವಿರುದ್ಧಚಿಹ್ನೆಯನ್ನು
ಚಿಕಿತ್ಸೆಯನ್ನು ಸೂಕ್ತವಲ್ಲದಂತೆ ಮಾಡಿ
East & Southeast Asia
🇨🇳Chinese
禁忌
不建议进行治疗
🇯🇵Japanese
禁忌
治療を勧められないものにする
🇰🇷Korean
금기 사항
치료를 부적절하게 하다
🇻🇳Vietnamese
chống chỉ định
làm cho việc điều trị trở nên không thể thực hiện được
🇹🇭Thai
ห้ามใช้
ทำให้การรักษาไม่เหมาะสม
🇮🇩Indonesian
kontraindikasi
membuat pengobatan tidak disarankan
🇵🇭Filipino
kontraindikado
gumawa ng paggamot na hindi marapat
🇲🇾Malay
kontraindikasi
membuat rawatan tidak digalakkan
Middle East
🇸🇦Arabic
موانع
جعل العلاج غير مرغوب فيه
🇮🇷Persian
منع نشان دادن
درمان را غیر قابل توصیه می کند
🇹🇷Turkish
kontrendike
bir tedaviyi tavsiye edilemez hale getirmek
🇮🇱Hebrew
התווית נגד
להפוך טיפול לא מומלץ
Test Yourself1 / 3
What is the primary definition of the word 'contraindicate'?
The primary meaning of 'contraindicate' is 'make a treatment inadvisable'.
Which of the following sentences uses the word 'contraindicate' in a grammatically correct way?
Using 'contraindicate' in a noun/adjective form makes the first sentence correct.
In which domain is the word 'contraindicate' most likely to appear as standard vocabulary?
'contraindicate' is a standard word used primarily in general literature and formal communications.
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