prognose
Americanverb (used with or without object)
Etymology
Origin of prognose
First recorded in 1895–1900; back formation from prognosis
Example Sentences
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Mr. Thurber was obliged to diagnose his own case, explain its etiology, show the deep scars of two operations to repair previous fluke damage, prognose his death within a month.
From Time Magazine Archive
One of those is that a couple of dudes from our era were diagnosed with cancer, and a particular one prognosed in the dreaded fourth stage.
From New York Times ● Sep. 23, 2021
The Abdominal and Pelvic Brain," Dr. Byron Robinson of Chicago says, "Appendicitis is the most dangerous and treacherous of abdominal diseases—dangerous because it kills and treacherous because its capricious course can not be prognosed.
From Appendicitis by Tilden, John Henry
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