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contraindicatory

contraindicatory adjective: serving as a contraindication.

Adjective

contraindicatory (comparative more contraindicatory, superlative most contraindicatory)

  1. Serving as a contraindication.
    • The reader of this book declares that he is in good mental and physical fitness for diving, and that he is not under the influence of alcohol, nor any drugs that are contraindicatory to diving.2003, Ronald van de Vooren, Philippine Diving, page 200

Synonyms of contraindicatory

Forms of contraindicatory

comparativemore contraindicatory
superlativemost contraindicatory

Origin of contraindicatory

From contra- + indicatory.

Questions about contraindicatory

What does contraindicatory mean?
Contraindicatory means serving as a contraindication.
What part of speech is contraindicatory?
Contraindicatory is an adjective.

Words near contraindicatory in the dictionary

  1. contraindication
  2. contraindications
  3. contraindicative
  4. contraindicator
  5. contraindicators
  6. contraindicatory
  7. contraintuitive
  8. contraire
  9. contraisolateral
  10. contraktnik
  11. contraktniki

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