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Definition of 'prognosis'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) prognosis
a forecasting of the probable course and outcome of a disease, esp. of the chances of recovery.

2. prognosis
a forecast or prognostication.

Etymology: (1645–55; < LL < Gk prógnōsis foreknowledge. See prognostic , -sis)

Definition of 'prognosis'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) prognosis, forecast
a prediction about how something (as the weather) will develop

2. (noun) prognosis, prospect, medical prognosis
a prediction of the course of a disease

Definition of 'prognosis'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (noun) prognosis
a doctor's opinion about how an illness will develop
The doctor's prognosis for recovery is not very hopeful.

2. prognosis
an opinion about how a situation might develop; = forecast
a gloomy economic prognosis for next year

Definition of 'prognosis'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) prognosis
the act or art of foretelling the course and termination of a disease; also, the outlook afforded by this act of judgment; as, the prognosis of hydrophobia is bad

Definition of 'prognosis'

U.S. National Library of Medicine

1. prognosis
A prediction of the probable outcome of a disease based on a individual's condition and the usual course of the disease as seen in similar situations.

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