indication English · revision 10283

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=before 1425|origins=la indicatio}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ɪndɪˈkeɪʃən/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is Middle English indicacion, [[bor|la|indicātiō|t=an indicating; valuation]], indicātiōnem,^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline) from indicāre, to point out, show (see [[indicate]]), from in-, in, upon, and dicāre, to proclaim (see [[diction]]),^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline) from PIE *deik-, to show.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ A sign or suggestion, in medicine, probably before 1425, in a translation of Chauliac's ''Grande Chirurgie'';^(Barnhart 1988) the early 15th century in Etymonline.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ In medicine, a suggestion as to treatment drawn from the symptoms is from 1541.^(OED 1989) The general sense, a sign or something that indicates, is first recorded in Bacon's ''Sylva Sylvarum'' (1626),^(Barnhart 1988)^(OED 1989) and a sign, token or symptom from 1660.^(OED 1989) The degree shown by a measuring instrument is from before 1734,^(OED 1989) and in mining a sign of valuable ore or oil from 1855.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * before 1425 – a sign (medicine).^(Barnhart 1988)

+ * 1541 – an indication for treatment.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1626 – something that indicates.^(Barnhart 1988)

+ * before 1734 – a reading of an instrument.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1855 – a sign of ore.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # Something that indicates or suggests; a [[sign]].^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # The act of indicating.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # The reading shown by a measuring instrument.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # ''(medicine)'' A sign that a particular treatment is advisable.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[indicational]]

+ * [[contraindication]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[index]]

+ * [[indicate]]

+ * [[indicator]]

+ * [[indicative]]

+ * [[diction]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}