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con·tra·in·di·cate

(kŏn′trə-ĭn′dĭ-kāt′)

tr.v. con·tra·in·di·cat·ed, con·tra·in·di·cat·ing, con·tra·in·di·cates

To indicate the inadvisability of (a medical treatment, for example).

con′tra·in·dic′a·tive (-ĭn-dĭk′ə-tĭv) adj.

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contraindicated

(ˌkɒntrəˈɪndɪˌkeɪtɪd)

adj

(Medicine) med not advisable because of contraindications

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Translations

controindicato

contraindicated

a. contraindicado-a.

English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012

contraindicated

adj contraindicado

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One of the study's authors, Antonio Nicolucci, MD, asserts that the research contraindicated the use of aspirin for that purpose except where significant cardiovascular risk factors were involved: "If the risk of having a cardiovascular event is low, then the risk of bleeding will likely offset any beneficial effect of aspirin." Not all clinicians agree; in commenting on the study, Jolatna Siller-Matula, MD, says that "The net benefit of aspirin for secondary prevention would substantially exceed the bleeding hazard." More clinicians are weighing in on an ongoing controversy whose fires will only be fueled by the JAMA study.