indication

Meanings

1. An act of pointing out or indicating.
2. A fact that shows that something exists or may happen.
3. A mark or another symbol used to represent something.
4. A discovery made; information.
5. An explanation; a display.
6. 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).
7. A declared approximation of the price at which a traded security is likely to commence trading.

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.