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.
Origin of prognosis 1645–55; <
Late Latin <
Greek prógnōsis foreknowledge. See
pro-2 ,
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prevision Examples from the Web for prognosis Contemporary Examples of prognosis And unless Republicans start pursuing very different priorities in Congress, that prognosis could sting.
Tillis, despite the prognosis , was able to make a full recovery.
The prognosis of each person runs on a spectrum relative to their genetic loading and their environment.
She was at Cedars-Sinai in New York, and the prognosis was pretty bad, but they saved her.
With each passing Bieber incident, however, the diagnosis gets more credible, and the prognosis even more worrisome.
Historical Examples of prognosis We never permit a patient to pronounce a prognosis upon his own case!
If my prognosis is concurred in, these should reach Mudros on or about 1st August.
His prognosis of brain injuries was much better than that of his predecessors.
I can, as a medical man, bear witness that your prognosis was justified by the event.
The prognosis of fracture of the tibia, as a rule, must be unfavorable.
British Dictionary definitions for prognosis 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
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Word Origin for prognosis C17: via Latin from Greek: knowledge beforehand
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Word Origin and History for prognosis n. 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 .
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n. pl. prog•no•ses (-sēz ) A prediction of the probable course and outcome of a disease.
The likelihood of recovery from a disease.
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Related forms prog′nos•ti′ cian (-nŏs-tĭsh′ ən ) n. The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
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prognosis [(prog-noh -sis)]
A medical prediction of the future course of a disease and the chance for recovery.
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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.”
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