contraindicate

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ḱe?

Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm

Proto-Italic *kom

Proto-Italic *kom-

Proto-Indo-European *-teros

Proto-Italic *-teros

Proto-Italic *komterosder.

Proto-Italic *komterād

Latin contrābor.

English contra-

English indicate

English contraindicate

From contra- + indicate.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌkɒntɹəˈɪndɪkeɪt/

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Verb

contraindicate (third-person singular simple present contraindicates, present participle contraindicating, simple past and past participle contraindicated)

1. (medicine) To make inadvisable; to warn against a specific medicine or treatment.

Synonyms

• advise against

Derived terms

• noncontraindicated

Related terms

• contraindication

Translations

to make inadvisable

• Arabic: please add this translation if you can
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 禁忌 (zh) (jìnjì)

• Danish: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: aiheuttaa kontraindikaatio
• French: contre-indiquer (fr)
• Greek: αντενδείκνυμαι (el) (antendeíknymai)
• Icelandic: mæla gegn
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: kontraindisere (no)

• Portuguese: contraindicar (pt)
• Russian: please add this translation if you can
• Spanish: contraindicar (es)

Spanish

Verb

contraindicate

1. second-person singular voseo imperative of contraindicar combined with te