Usage Note
Controindicazione is used in medical and pharmaceutical contexts to describe a condition or factor that makes a treatment inadvisable. The plural is controindicazioni. It is a technical term that appears on medicine leaflets (bugiardino) and is often pluralised in practice.
Examples
"Leggi le controindicazioni prima di prendere il farmaco."
Natural Translation
Read the contraindications before taking the medication.
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