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in·di·ca·tion

n 1 a  :  a symptom or particular circumstance that indicates the advisability or necessity of a specific medical treatment or procedure <postpartum hemorrhage is the chief for the use of ergot preparations and derivatives -C. H. Thienes>   b  :  something that is indicated as advisable or necessary <in case of collapse the immediate is artificial respiration -Jour. Amer. Med. Assoc.>   2  :  the degree indicated in a specific instance or at a specific time on a graduated physical instrument (as a thermometer) .
 
 
 
Similar sounding terms:  in·duc·tion 

 
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