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prognosis
[ prog-noh-sis ]
noun
- Medicine/Medical. a forecasting of the probable course and outcome of a disease, especially of the chances of recovery.
- a forecast or prognostication.
prognosis
/ prɒɡˈnəʊsɪs /
noun
- med
- a prediction of the course or outcome of a disease or disorder
- the chances of recovery from a disease
- any forecast or prediction
prognosis
- A medical prediction of the future course of a disease and the chance for recovery.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of prognosis1
Word History and Origins
Origin of prognosis1
Example Sentences
She was in her second trimester when she and her husband were given a grim prognosis.
And unless Republicans start pursuing very different priorities in Congress, that prognosis could sting.
With the help of mobility aids and a feeding tube, she lived well past her initial prognosis of death by age 4.
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.
Diacetic acid may be present, and usually warrants an unfavorable prognosis.
The mental faculties are much more completely unbalanced, and the prognosis of the case is more unfavourable.
Subsequent attacks make the prognosis much more unfavourable.
This is especially true as regards prognosis and the question of mental deterioration in any given case.
Only one feature with regard to them is more favourable, and that is that the ultimate prognosis is not bad.
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