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prognosis (s) (noun), prognoses (pl)
1. A medical doctor's forecast as to the probable outcome of an attack or disease as indicated by the nature and symptoms of the patient: Right now Karl's doctor says his prognosis is good.
2. A prediction about how a given situation will develop: For some people there is an optimistic prognosis about the economic recovery.
3. Etymology: from Greek prognosis from Latin prognosis from progignoskein, "to come to know beforehand" from pro-, "before" + gignoskein "to come to know."
A medical prediction of how a disease will develop.
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This entry is located in the following units: gno-, gnos-, gnoto-, -gnostic, -gnosia, -gnomic, -gnomonic, -gnomical, -gnomy, -gnosia, -gnostic, -gnosis (page 6) pro-, por-, pur- (page 10)