| indication | A circumstance which points to or shows the cause, pathology, treatment or issue of an attack of disease, that which points out, that which serves as a guide or warning. Origin: L. Indicatio (18 Nov 1997) |
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| alopecia symptomatica | Alopecia occurring in the course of various constitutional or local diseases, or following prolonged febrile illness. (05 Mar 2000) |
| porphyria cutanea tarda symptomatica | A form of hepatic porphyria (porphyria, hepatic) characterised by photosensitivity resulting in bullae that rupture easily to form shallow ulcers. This condition occurs in two forms: a sporadic, nonfamilial form that begins in middle age and has normal amounts of uroporphyrinogen decarboxylase with diminished activity in the liver; and a familial form in which there is an autosomal dominant inherited deficiency of uroporphyrinogen decarboxylase in the liver and red blood cells. (12 Dec 1998) |
| purpura symptomatica | A petechial eruption in scarlet fever and other exanthemas. (05 Mar 2000) |
| livedo reticularis symptomatica | A discoloration or mottling of the skin due to some demonstrable cause, such as seen in erythema ab igne, and in certain tuberculids. See: cutis marmorata. (05 Mar 2000) |