What's the difference between implication and indication?

Implication


Definition:

  • (n.) The act of implicating, or the state of being implicated.
  • (n.) An implying, or that which is implied, but not expressed; an inference, or something which may fairly be understood, though not expressed in words.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Strains isolated from the environment and staff were not implicated.
  • (2) The possibility that both IL 2 production and IL 2R expression are autonomously activated early in T cell development, before acquisition of the CD3-TcR complex, led us to study the implication of alternative pathways of activation at this ontogenic stage.
  • (3) Tumour necrosis factor (TNF), a polypeptide produced by mononuclear phagocytes, has been implicated as an important mediator of inflammatory processes and of clinical manifestations in acute infectious diseases.
  • (4) We have not yet been honest about the implications, and some damaging myths have arisen.
  • (5) Implications of the theory for hypothesis testing, theory construction, and scales of measurement are considered.
  • (6) A review is made from literature and an inventory of psychological and organic factors implicated in this pathology.
  • (7) The high incidence of infant astigmatism has implications for critical periods in human visual development and for infant acuity.
  • (8) Implications for practice and research include need for support groups with nurses as facilitators, the importance of fostering hope, and need for education of health care professionals.
  • (9) The literature on depression and immunity is reviewed and the clinical implications of our findings are discussed.
  • (10) The implications of the findings in terms of strategic tick control are discussed.
  • (11) In light of these findings, the implications of the need to address appraisals and coping efforts in research and therapy with incest victims was emphasized.
  • (12) These calculated values are compared with observed values and implications of the agreement are discussed.
  • (13) The implications of inhibition of protein kinase C by adriamycin-iron(III) are discussed.
  • (14) These findings indicate the cytogenetic correlation with clinical and morphological picture, which consequently implicates the diagnostic and prognostic significance of chromosomal aspects.
  • (15) The aim was to clarify the nature of their constituent cells, specifically the giant ganglion-like cells and spindle cells, and to discuss the implications for histogenesis.
  • (16) Implications for vibrotactile training are discussed.
  • (17) Implications for assessment intervention and prevention were discussed and further research suggested.
  • (18) Our findings suggest that the affinity of aldose reductase for glucose in patients with diabetic complications may be increased and that the polyol pathway is implicated in the pathogenesis of diabetic complications.
  • (19) The onset of the symptoms usually occurs within a few minutes after ingestion of the implicated food, and the duration of symptoms ranges from a few hours to 24 h. Antihistamines can be used effectively to treat this intoxication.
  • (20) The implications of this interaction for research in MMTP effectiveness are discussed.

Indication


Definition:

  • (n.) Act of pointing out or indicating.
  • (n.) That which serves to indicate or point out; mark; token; sign; symptom; evidence.
  • (n.) Discovery made; information.
  • (n.) Explanation; display.
  • (n.) Any symptom or occurrence in a disease, which serves to direct to suitable remedies.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Indicators for evaluation and monitoring and outcome measures are described within the context of health service management to describe control measure output in terms of community effectiveness.
  • (2) These data indicate a steady improvement in laboratory performance over the last 10 years.
  • (3) Isotope competition studies indicated that the pathway was regulated by isoleucine.
  • (4) The results indicated that neuropsychological measures may serve to broaden the concept of intelligence and that a brain-related criterion may contribute to a fuller understanding of its nature.
  • (5) These results indicated that the PG determination was the most accurate predictor of fetal lung well-being prior to birth among the clinical tests so far reported.
  • (6) The findings indicate that there is still a significant incongruence between the value structure of most family practice units and that of their institutions but that many family practice units are beginning to achieve parity of promotion and tenure with other departments in their institutions.
  • (7) The predicted non-Lorentzian line shapes and widths were found to be in good agreement with experimental results, indicating that the local orientational order (called "packing" by many workers) in the bilayers of small vesicles and in multilamellar membranes is substantially the same.
  • (8) These studies led to the following conclusions: (a) all the prominent NHP which remain bound to DNA are also present in somewhat similar proportions in the saline-EDTA, Tris, and 0.35 M NaCl washes of nuclei; (b) a protein comigrating with actin is prominent in the first saline-EDTA wash of nuclei, but present as only a minor band in the subsequent washes and on washed chromatin; (c) the presence of nuclear matrix proteins in all the nuclear washes and cytosol indicates that these proteins are distributed throughout the cell; (d) a histone-binding protein (J2) analogous to the HMG1 protein of K. V. Shooter, G.H.
  • (9) Electrophysiologic studies are indicated in patients with sustained paroxysmal ventricular tachycardia, ventricular fibrillation or aborted sudden death.
  • (10) In cardiac tissue the adenylate system is not a good indicator of the energy state of the mitochondrion, even when the concentrations of AMP and free cytosolic ADP are calculated from the adenylate kinase and creatine kinase equilibria.
  • (11) Comparison of wild type and the mutant parD promoter sequences indicated that three short repeats are likely involved in the negative regulation of this promoter.
  • (12) Results indicated a .85 probability that Directive Guidance would be followed by Cooperation; a .67 probability that Permissiveness would lead to Noncooperation; and a .97 likelihood that Coerciveness would lead to either Noncooperation or Resistance.
  • (13) The data from this experience as well as others previously reported can yield prognostic indicators of survival in cases of accidental hypothermia.
  • (14) The data indicate that ebselen is likely to be useful in the therapy of inflammatory conditions in which reactive oxygen species, such as peroxides, play an aetiological role.
  • (15) This induction is sensitive to actinomycin D but not to protein synthesis inhibitor puromycin, indicating an effect of estradiol at the transcriptional level, possibly mediated by the estrogen receptor.
  • (16) Quantitative determinations indicate that the amount of PBG-D mRNA is modulated both by the erythroid nature of the tissue and by cell proliferation, probably at the transcriptional level.
  • (17) A disease in an IgD (lambda) plasmocytoma is described, where after therapy with Alkeran and prednisone a disappearance of all clinical and laboratory findings indicating an activity could be observed.
  • (18) Our results indicate that increasing the delay for more than 8 days following irradiation and TCD syngeneic BMT leads to a rapid loss of the ability to achieve alloengraftment by non-TCD allogeneic bone marrow.
  • (19) gamma-Aminobutyric acid (GABA) and glutamate release from the treated side was higher than the control value during the first 2-3 h, a result indicating an important role of glial cells in the inactivation of released transmitter.
  • (20) These results indicate that astrocytes possess bradykinin receptors and that these are predominantly of the B2 subtype.