() A Latin adverb and preposition, signifying against, contrary, in opposition, etc., entering as a prefix into the composition of many English words. Cf. Counter, adv. & pref.
Example Sentences:
(1) The contra-indications for them are: 1. a better visual acuity with spectacles than with contact lenses, 2. advanced cases (4th degree of Amsler) whose fitting is impossible, 3. unilateral keratoconus, 4. associated diseases such as trachomatous pannus, allergic kerato-conjunctivitis.
(2) In addition to the well established contra-indications to use, a past history of pelvic inflammatory disease or ectopic pregnancy, promiscuity, nulliparity and age less than 25 are now considered relative contraindications.
(3) In some animals they were like the injection site and in others there were equal numbers of contra- and ipsilateral eye-dominated regions.
(4) Contra-IL-1 may contribute to the immune dysfunction of AIDS.
(5) Nowadays, conventional cholecystectomy remains indicated when laparoscopy is contra-indicated, notably in cases with tight peritoneal adhesions precluding laparoscopy.
(6) It is suggested that inhibitory interneurones receive contra- and ipsilateral input.
(7) The above-mentioned extemely high doses of fluphenazine appear to be contra-indicated in depressive states and in cases of latent organic brain changes.
(8) Anterograde tracing studies reveal that the rod domain in VPM is innervated by fibers arising in the contra- and ipsilateral principal trigeminal nucleus, while the matrix domain (and calbindin-positive domains in adjacent nuclei) are innervated by fibers arising in the caudal nucleus of the spinal trigeminal complex.
(9) These results confirm the biologic efficacy of local cooling and clearly contra-indicate the use of local heating to treat inadvertent DOX extravasations in the clinic.
(10) The use of the technique of lavage-drainage of doxycycline could be an alternative in those patients with a malignant pleural effusion whose general condition contra-indicates a symphysis under pleuroscopy.
(11) Furthermore, generally accepted rules can be defined for the contra-indications of brachytherapy which, according to our experiences, should be strictly observed.
(12) The only absolute contra-indication to urinary diversion is decubitus ulceration.
(13) In the particular case of a broncho-pulmonary cancer, if it is anaplastic, mediastinoscopy is useful to determine diagnosis and contra-indications ; in other bronchial cancers, there are contra-indications in the case of bilateral invasion and blocking of mediastinal organs.
(14) This article updates the evidence which supports the efficiency, indications and contra-indications of such a procedure.
(15) His cranial CT scans and MRI revealed a small discrete lesion in the postero-lateral part of the contra-lateral putamen.
(16) The patients were screened for the known contra-indications to both drugs.
(17) However, the contra-indications which persist in the results of clinical works have resulted in the fact that the exact place of cortico-steroids in the therapeutic arsenal of septic shock still remains to be specified.
(18) Infection after implantation of an artificial heart is frequently incurable and is a clear contra-indication for further implantation.
(19) It is concluded that participants should be given more detailed information about screening tests and that doctors are under an ethical obligation to consider with the utmost care any contra-indications to a particular vaccination or a screening procedure in an individual patient.
(20) Repetitive injections appear to be contra-indicated as they may create an environment conducive to joint destruction.
Provision
Definition:
(n.) The act of providing, or making previous preparation.
(n.) That which is provided or prepared; that which is brought together or arranged in advance; measures taken beforehand; preparation.
(n.) Especially, a stock of food; any kind of eatables collected or stored; -- often in the plural.
(n.) That which is stipulated in advance; a condition; a previous agreement; a proviso; as, the provisions of a contract; the statute has many provisions.
(n.) A canonical term for regular induction into a benefice, comprehending nomination, collation, and installation.
(n.) A nomination by the pope to a benefice before it became vacant, depriving the patron of his right of presentation.
(v. t.) To supply with food; to victual; as, to provision a garrison.
Example Sentences:
(1) However, the provision of dental care showed significant differences, with the handicapped children receiving less restorative treatment.
(2) BAE is likely to have made provision for much heavier penalties and its financial stability will not be threatened.
(3) It was designed to ensure that the institute remained the leading international centre in its field, officials said, and would not affect the provision of core services or student supervision.
(4) It is argued that the provision of accurate and useful probabilistic assessments of future events should be a fundamental task for biostatisticians collaborating in clinical or experimental medicine, and we explore two aspects of obtaining and evaluating such predictions.
(5) It has been shown that adequate brain provision of this process is based in adults both on the functional topographic differentiation and specialization of separate perceptive operations and on the possibility of controlling generalized and local activating influences according to task requirements.
(6) They include comprehensiveness of participation and of areas for review (the review committee should represent all disciplines and programs, and should be concerned with any aspect of center functioning), a problem-review approach in which subcommittees carry out documented studies of issues or problems, and specific provision for feedback and implementation of the results.
(7) China’s new law also restricts the right of media to report on details of terror attacks, including a provision that media and social media cannot report on details of terror activities that might lead to imitation, nor show scenes that are “cruel and inhuman”.
(8) The births were categorized by maternal age, the presence or absence of four putative risk factors, and the provision or nonprovision of early prenatal care.
(9) However, a variety of policy initiatives were introduced both to restructure National Health Service (NHS) expenditure, and to facilitate private provision of health services.
(10) This can only be achieved by a well prepared and equipped team dedicated to provision of this care.
(11) Provision of breast feeding education, along with improved maternal nutrition, extension of maternity leave, and availability of nurseries at the work place, may sustain a longer period of breast feeding.
(12) "We are probably steering towards Russia turning off its gas provision," he was quoted as saying.
(13) Carmon Creek is wholly owned by Shell, which said it expected the decision to cost $2bn in its third-quarter results due to impairment, contract provision, redundancy and restructuring charges.
(14) Since group therapy and sensory stimulation over a relatively short period can result in clinical and testable improvement, the diagnosis of "chronic brain syndrome" in the elderly should not be allowed to preclude the provision of appropriate psychiatric therapy.
(15) By comparison in the Netherlands, where there is a better technical training provision, every secondary school is built with an additional 650 square metres of non-academic training space; an investment of more than £1.5m per school.” The Association of School and College Leaders criticised the absence of more funding for students studying for A-levels.
(16) In 2013, documents leaked to the Guardian by Edward Snowden revealed an internal NSA rule that Senator Ron Wyden has called the “backdoor search provision”, for instance.
(17) Alternatives in financing medical care services currently under debate include various provisions to control costs and utilization, but attention should be directed to organizing American medical care services in general, toward the more rational use of our resources.
(18) Conical root shapes without special provision of retention are not suitable.
(19) The authors provide an important description of a successful alternative foster parent recruitment effort, including the provision of fiscal incentives for foster parent recruiters.
(20) I salute you.” So clear-fall logging and burning of the tallest flowering forests on the planet, with provision for the dynamiting of trees over 80 metres tall, is an ultimate good in Abbott’s book of ecological wisdom.