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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
contraindicate .
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Examples
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Some forms of drug addiction, for example, and some liver diseases are contraindicated, meaning that use of Vivitrol by persons having these problems is risky business.
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On the other hand, if patients are given faulty or misleading information, subsequently request a prescription, and are not denied the prescription by their physician (for a host of possible reasons), then it's possible that people will be getting the drug who don't need it, and the consequences of that run the gamut from wasteful to contraindicated and life-threatening.
D. Brad Wright: The Risks and Benefits of Direct-To-Consumer Advertising of Pharmaceuticals D. Brad Wright 2010
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Some of the AACDs are contraindicated for certain pets.
Dr. Karen Becker: Treating Seizure Disorders in Pets Dr. Karen Becker 2012
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Which is smart of Christie: speaking as somebody who grew up in NJ, looking like you want to muck around with the toll roads situation is contraindicated.
Corzine: for leasing the Turnpike before he was against it… - Moe_Lane’s blog - RedState 2009
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Some of the AACDs are contraindicated for certain pets.
Dr. Karen Becker: Treating Seizure Disorders in Pets Dr. Karen Becker 2012
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So reading comprehension is now contraindicated for the reality-based community? civil_truth
Mercury fallout from the Cash-for-Clunkers program. - Moe_Lane’s blog - RedState 2009
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Apparently, that means that mentioning ‘victory’ would be superfluous in the first place, and contraindicated in the second.
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For G6PD sufferers, among the critical substances that are frequently contraindicated are legumes, sulfites, analgesics, and other strong blood oxidants such as blueberries and henna, to name just a few.
Randall Amster: The Most Common Disease You've Never Heard Of Randall Amster 2010
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Although I suspect that the hand of the government that was establishing the GM reorganization [did not know] what the hand that was putting together Cash-for-Clunkers was doing … which may mean that (depending on how this all turns out) a seafood diet may be contraindicated again for a couple of years.
Mercury fallout from the Cash-for-Clunkers program. - Moe_Lane’s blog - RedState 2009
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Some of the AACDs are contraindicated for certain pets.
Dr. Karen Becker: Treating Seizure Disorders in Pets Dr. Karen Becker 2012
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