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Noun: indication `indu'keyshun- Something that serves to indicate or suggest
"an indication of foul play"; "indications of strain" - indicant - The act of indicating or pointing out by name
- denotation - (medicine) a reason to prescribe a drug or perform a procedure
"the presence of bacterial infection was an indication for the use of antibiotics" - Something (as a course of action) that is indicated as expedient or necessary
"there were indications that it was time to leave" - 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" - reading, meter reading
Derived forms: indications See also: indicate Type of: advice, communication, data point, datum, naming, reason Antonym: contraindication Encyclopedia: Indication |