coˈindicant, a. and n.
[ad. medical L. coindicānt-em pres. pple. f. co- together + indicānt-em indicating. Cf. F. coïndicant.]
A. adj. Indicating conjointly (with other signs); spec. in Med. of symptoms ‘which concur in suggesting the employment of a particular remedy’ (Syd. Soc. Lex.).
| 1625 Hart Anat. Ur. ii. vii. 98 Who without any other coindicant signes, do by the vrines only giue out sentence. a 1626 Bp. Andrewes Serm. (1856) I. 208 The philosopher saith, signs are either indicant or coindicant. |
B. n. A coindicant sign or symptom.
| 1657 Phys. Dict., Coindicants, divers indications or signes..pointing to one and the same remedy for the cure. |