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indication noun
Meaning : Something that serves to indicate or suggest.
Example :
An indication of foul play.
Indications of strain.
Symptoms are the prime indicants of disease.
Synonyms : indicant
Meaning : The act of indicating or pointing out by name.
Synonyms : denotation
Meaning : (medicine) a reason to prescribe a drug or perform a procedure.
Example :
The presence of bacterial infection was an indication for the use of antibiotics.
(medicine) a reason that makes it inadvisable to prescribe a particular drug or employ a particular procedure or treatment.
contraindicationMeaning : Something (as a course of action) that is indicated as expedient or necessary.
Example :
There were indications that it was time to leave.
Meaning : A datum about some physical state that is presented to a user by a meter or similar instrument.
Example :
He could not believe the meter reading.
The barometer gave clear indications of an approaching storm.
Synonyms : meter reading, reading
