prognostic
[prog-nos-tik]
adjective
of or relating to prognosis.
predictive of something in the future: prognostic signs and symbols.
noun
a forecast or prediction.
an omen or portent; sign.
Origin of prognostic
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foreboding, auspice, harbinger, straw, augury, sign, forerunner, warning, prognostication, premonition, indication, prophecy, writing, presage, portent, foretoken, anticipating, conjecturing, diviningExamples from the Web for prognostic
Historical Examples of prognostic
"She will recover," he murmured, as though giving utterance to a prognostic.
The Three Cities Trilogy, CompleteEmile Zola
The prognostic importance of the enumeration of the white blood corpuscles.
Histology of the BloodPaul Ehrlich
Wat Wilder has observed it at the same time, and confirms the prognostic.
The Lone RancheCaptain Mayne Reid
It was Ellison who suggested that they were prognostic of death.
The Works of Edgar Allan PoeEdgar Allan Poe
For that it was a prognostic of some fearful calamity, no one thought of doubting.
Robin TremayneEmily Sarah Holt
prognostic
adjective
noun
Word Origin for prognostic
C15: from Old French pronostique, from Latin prognōsticum, from Greek prognōstikon, from progignōskein to know in advance
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prognostic
[prŏg-nŏs′tĭk]
adj.
n.
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