Hypertext Webster Gateway: "indication"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Indication \In`di*ca"tion\, n. [L. indicatio: cf. F.
indication.]
1. Act of pointing out or indicating.
2. That which serves to indicate or point out; mark; token;
sign; symptom; evidence.
The frequent stops they make in the most convenient
places are plain indications of their weariness.
--Addison.
3. Discovery made; information. --Bentley.
4. Explanation; display. [Obs.] --Bacon.
5. (Med.) Any symptom or occurrence in a disease, which
serves to direct to suitable remedies.
Syn: Proof; demonstration; sign; token; mark; evidence;
signal.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
indication
n 1: a signal that serves to indicate or suggest something; "an
indication of foul play"; "indications of strain";
"symptoms are the prime indicants of disease" [syn: {indicant}]
2: the act of indicating
3: (medicine) a reason to prescribe a drug or perform a
procedure; "the presence of bacterial infection was an
indication for the use of antibiotics" [ant: {contraindication}]
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