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Definition of Indication
1. Noun. Something that serves to indicate or suggest. "Symptoms are the prime indicants of disease"
Generic synonyms: Communication
Specialized synonyms: Gesture, Evidence, Shadow, Tincture, Trace, Vestige, Symptom, Signalisation, Signalization, Pointing Out, Manifestation, Mark, Print, Glimpse, Forerunner, Harbinger, Herald, Precursor, Predecessor, Clue, Hint, Smoke
Derivative terms: Indicate, Indicate, Indicate, Indicate
2. Noun. The act of indicating or pointing out by name.
3. Noun. (medicine) a reason to prescribe a drug or perform a procedure. "The presence of bacterial infection was an indication for the use of antibiotics"
Category relationships: Medical Specialty, Medicine
Antonyms: Contraindication
Derivative terms: Indicate, Indicate
4. Noun. Something (as a course of action) that is indicated as expedient or necessary. "There were indications that it was time to leave"
5. Noun. A datum about some physical state that is presented to a user by a meter or similar instrument. "The barometer gave clear indications of an approaching storm"
Generic synonyms: Data Point, Datum
Specialized synonyms: Clock Time, Time, Miles Per Hour, Mph
Derivative terms: Indicate, Read
Definition of Indication
1. n. Act of pointing out or indicating.
Definition of Indication
1. Noun. Act of pointing out or indicating. ¹
2. Noun. That which serves to indicate or point out; mark; token; sign; symptom; evidence. ¹
3. Noun. Discovery made; information. ¹
4. Noun. (obsolete) Explanation; display. ''Francis Bacon''. ¹
5. Noun. (medicine) Any symptom or occurrence in a disease, which serves to direct to suitable remedies. ¹
6. Noun. (finance) An declared approximation of the price at which a traded security is likely to commence trading. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Indication
1. [n -S]
Medical Definition of Indication
1. A circumstance which points to or shows the cause, pathology, treatment or issue of an attack of disease, that which points out, that which serves as a guide or warning. Origin: L. Indicatio This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)
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