/in'di kay"sheuhn/ , n.
1. anything serving to indicate or point out, as a sign or token.
2. Med. a special symptom or the like that points out a suitable remedy or treatment or shows the presence of a disease.
3. an act of indicating.
4. the degree marked by an instrument.
[ 1535-45; indication- (s. of indicatio ). See INDICATE, -ION ]
Syn. 1. hint, intimation, portent.