indication

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   something (as a course of action) that is indicated as expedient or necessary

   there were indications that it was time to leave

2. 2
   noun

   something that serves to indicate or suggest

   an indication of foul play

3. 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

4. 4
   noun

   A fact that shows that something exists or may happen.

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

5. 5
   noun

   An 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.

6. 6
   noun

   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.

7. 7
   noun

   a datum about some physical state that is presented to a user by a meter or similar instrument

8. 8
   noun

   the act of indicating or pointing out by name

Etymology

From Old French indication, from Latin indicātiō (“a showing, indicating the value of something; valuation”), from indicō (“point out, indicate, show; value”); see indicate; compare French indication, Spanish indicación, Italian indicazione. By surface analysis, indicate + -ion.