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indication

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indication

Summary

indication is a medical concept[1]. indication draws 70 Wikipedia views per month (medical_concept category, ranking #8 of 20).[2]

Key Facts

  • indication's instance of is recorded as medical concept[3].
  • indication's subclass of is recorded as sign[4].
  • indication's opposite of is recorded as contraindication[5].
  • indication's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/026qjlb[6].
  • indication's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[7].
  • indication's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[8].
  • indication's main Wikidata property is recorded as P10630[9].
  • indication's equivalent class is recorded as https://schema.org/MedicalIndication[10].

Why It Matters

indication draws 70 Wikipedia views per month (medical_concept category, ranking #8 of 20).[2] indication has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[11] indication is known by 22 alternative names across languages and contexts.[12]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [11] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [12] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). indication. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/indication-q496997
MLA “indication.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/indication-q496997.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_indication-q496997_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{indication}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/indication-q496997}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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