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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
contraindication .
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Examples
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There is one possible counter-indication, which I will discuss below.
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There is one possible counter-indication, which I will discuss below.
Archive 2005-01-01 2005
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The one counter-indication I know of is the dirty trick Jack Ryan pulled of having Obama followed around by cameramen.
Archive 2004-06-01 2004
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In that case, where there is no subjective counter-indication, isn't it a denial of equal protection to allow that variation?
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SOUTER: But they have ended up with a catch-all provision because, I assume, there may be cases in which the general rule would otherwise operate in which there is an affirmative counter-indication to what the general rule would provide.
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In that case, where there is no subjective counter-indication, isn't it a denial of equal protection to allow that variation?
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The third child of the mother who had previously lost two infants at the rite was, however, to be circumcised when arrived at adult age, provided no further counter-indication occurred.
History of Circumcision from the Earliest Times to the Present Moral and Physical Reasons for its Performance Peter Charles Remondino 1886
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The reason why they can't operate without the electronic system likely has to do with the mountains of required documentation that needs to be filled out for every patient, and the fear that without the electronic system they may miss a counter-indication and kill a patient, whose family will then proceed to sue the hospital, the software company, and the universe for three thousand gazillion dollars.
Slashdot 2009
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a catch-all provision because, I assume, there may be cases in which the general rule would otherwise operate in which there is an affirmative counter-indication to what the general rule would provide.
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I suppose I was reacting to the Waldo’s introduction (” but there are several missing persons cases in Buckingham that this could be connected to”) and what was, to my mind, a counter-indication toward connecting this to other (serial?) killings (i.e., poor placement of the body).
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