indication

noun

1. 1

   An act of pointing out or indicating.

2. 2

   A fact that shows that something exists or may happen.

   There's no indication that the fire was caused by criminals.

   All the indications point to drink-driving as the cause of the accident.

   The frequent stops they make in the most convenient places are plain indications of their weariness.

   Her shrewd eye, accustomed to note the slightest indications, had already marked their likeness to each other, and that ease of affection which belongs to habit and relationship.

3. 3

   rareA mark or another symbol used to represent something.

4. 4

   A discovery made; information.

5. 5

   obsoleteAn explanation; a display.

   For the indication either proceeds from one experiment to another; or else from experiments to axioms; which axioms themselves suggest new experiments.

   The committee, unknown to the workmen, also followed the next or succeeding mash, which was better made, and obtained the following results: First indication of the saccharometer .. 7⅘ degrees. Last indication of the saccharometer ... 1

6. 6

   Any symptom or occurrence in a disease that serves to direct to suitable remedies; the problem that warrants and prompts the use of a diagnostic test, imaging mode, or treatment (e.g., medication, surgical procedure).

   Influenza and suspected influenza are FDA-approved indications for oseltamivir.

   In the United States, major depressive disorder is an off-label indication for clomipramine, but in various other countries, it is an approved indication.

   The theme of treatment failure of previous treatments plus continuing impairment (pain and poor function) appears among the indications for many types of joint replacement surgery.

   The first indication he meets by a dose of calomel, 1o to .30 gm., followed, if necessary, by magnesium sulphate in boiled water.

7. 7

   A declared approximation of the price at which a traded security is likely to commence trading.

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