prognosis

[ prog-noh-sis ]

/ prɒgˈnoʊ sɪs /

SEE MORE SYNONYMS FOR prognosis ON THESAURUS.COM

noun, plural prog·no·ses [prog-noh-seez] /prɒgˈnoʊ siz/.

Medicine/Medical. a forecasting of the probable course and outcome of a disease, especially of the chances of recovery.

a forecast or prognostication.

Nearby words

Origin of prognosis

1645–55; < Late Latin < Greek prógnōsis foreknowledge. See pro-², gnosis

Can be confuseddiagnosis prognosis

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

Examples from the Web for prognosis

And unless Republicans start pursuing very different priorities in Congress, that prognosis could sting.
GOP Senate Can't Resist a ‘War on Women’|Sally Kohn|November 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Tillis, despite the prognosis, was able to make a full recovery.
North Carolina Republican Thom Tillis: Lawsuits for Me, Not for Thee|Ben Jacobs|September 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The prognosis of each person runs on a spectrum relative to their genetic loading and their environment.
We're Talking About Depression All Wrong|Jean Kim|August 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
She was at Cedars-Sinai in New York, and the prognosis was pretty bad, but they saved her.
Michel Gondry on ‘Mood Indigo,’ Kanye West, and the 10th Anniversary of ‘Eternal Sunshine’|Marlow Stern|July 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST

With each passing Bieber incident, however, the diagnosis gets more credible, and the prognosis even more worrisome.
The Epic Justin Bieber Meltdown May Be the Most Worrisome One Yet|Kevin Fallon|January 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The prognosis of cancerous dilatation is as unfavorable as possible.
A System of Practical Medicine By American Authors, Vol. II|Various
When more than one-third of the entire surface of the body is involved, even in a mild degree, the prognosis is grave.
Manual of Surgery|Alexis Thomson and Alexander Miles
The prognosis is grave in the extreme, and the only hope is in early excision, followed by the use of radium and X-rays.
Manual of Surgery|Alexis Thomson and Alexander Miles
Perforations of the body of the scapula were common, but they were of little importance in symptoms or prognosis.
Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900|George Henry Makins
But whichever way the prognosis pointed, she felt only a dull despair.
The Fruit of the Tree|Edith Wharton

British Dictionary definitions for prognosis

prognosis

/ (prɒɡˈnəʊsɪs) /

noun plural -noses (-ˈnəʊsiːz)

med

a prediction of the course or outcome of a disease or disorder
the chances of recovery from a disease

any forecast or prediction

Word Origin for prognosis

C17: via Latin from Greek: knowledge beforehand

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Word Origin and History for prognosis

prognosis

1650s, "forecast of the probable course of a disease," from Late Latin prognosis, from Greek prognosis "foreknowledge," also, in medicine, "predicted course of a disease," from stem of progignoskein "come to know beforehand," from pro- "before" (see pro-) + gignoskein "come to know" (see gnostic). General (non-medical) use in English from 1706. A back-formed verb prognose is attested from 1837. Related: Prognosed; prognosing.

Medicine definitions for prognosis

prognosis

[ prŏg-nō′sĭs ]

n. pl. prog•no•ses (-sēz)

A prediction of the probable course and outcome of a disease.

The likelihood of recovery from a disease.

Related formsprog′nos•ti′cian (-nŏs-tĭsh′ən) n.

Culture definitions for prognosis

prognosis

[ (prog-noh-sis) ]

A medical prediction of the future course of a disease and the chance for recovery.

Note

Prognosis is often used as a general term for predicting the unfolding of events: “The governor said that the prognosis for the state's financial future is bleak.”