indications
Hints of something
Indications are signs that point toward something—evidence suggesting a conclusion or course of action.
All indications are that the economy will recover.
In medicine, indications are the symptoms or conditions that make a particular treatment appropriate: This drug has several indications, including high blood pressure and heart failure.
The word implies inference rather than certainty.
Demonstration of truth
- signsDisplays conveying information
- cluesHints toward answers
- markersPens with porous tips
- signalsConveyed indications
pointers · cues · hints · testimony · documentation · confirmation · verification · demonstration
Medical dispensing authorization
- diagnosisIdentification of illness
- dosageMeasured medicine amount
- treatmentCare for an ailment
- therapyCurative mental treatment
prognosis · regimen · administration · usage · warnings · precautions · directions · guidelines
Forecast of coming events
- outlookAttitude toward the future
- prognosisPredicted disease course
- trendDirection of change
- projectionSomething that extends outward
expectation · portent · omen · augury · harbinger · precursor · foreshadowing · bellwether
Elevated body temperature
- coughExplosive airway clearing
- fatigueWeariness from prolonged exertion
- painBodily or emotional distress
- nauseaPre-vomiting stomach discomfort
headache · dizziness · chills · sweating · weakness · vomiting · diarrhea · rash
Papal city-state
- pontiffSupreme Catholic leader
- apostolicOf the first disciples
- encyclicalFormal papal circular letter
- bullSteer before castration
diocese · canon law · ecclesiastical · Holy See · curia · church records · pontificate · bishopric
proof
Demonstration of truth
signals · pointers · cues · hints · testimony · documentation · confirmation · verification · demonstration · data
prescription
Medical dispensing authorization
therapy · prognosis · regimen · administration · usage · warnings · precautions · directions · guidelines · labeling
prediction
Forecast of coming events
projection · expectation · portent · omen · augury · harbinger · precursor · foreshadowing · bellwether · barometer
fever
Elevated body temperature
- coughExplosive airway clearing
- fatigueWeariness from prolonged exertion
- painBodily or emotional distress
nausea · headache · dizziness · chills · sweating · weakness · vomiting · diarrhea · rash · itching
Vatican
Papal city-state
- pontiffSupreme Catholic leader
- apostolicOf the first disciples
- encyclicalFormal papal circular letter
bull · diocese · canon law · ecclesiastical · Holy See · curia · church records · pontificate · bishopric · benefice
- cluesclue, clues, hint, hints, cue
- medication labelsdrug name, brand name, generic name, dosage, directions
- pharmacologypharmacology, drugs, pharmacokinetics, dose, drug
- signsstop sign, sign, signs, road sign, exit
indicationscontraindications
Reasons to avoid treatment
red flags · objections · deterrents · disqualifiers · prohibitions
indicationsproof
Demonstration of truth
confirmation · evidence · verification · certainty · demonstration
indicationslack of evidence
Absence of proof
concealment · silence · obscurity · ambiguity · opacity