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Prognosis
Definitions
- 1 A forecast of the future course or outcome of a situation based on what is presently known; a prediction.
"I may say here that it is one of the evidences of original character, that it is apt to baffle all prognosis from a mere observer's standpoint."
- 2 a prediction of the course of a disease wordnet
- 3 A forecast of the future course or outcome of a disease or disorder based on current medical knowledge.
"Hovvbeit it is to be noted (vvhich vve hinted in the prognoſis) that the ſvvelling doth often appear critically and profitably, and thereby the ſick are recovered of their diſeaſes; […]"
- 4 a prediction about how something (as the weather) will develop wordnet
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Late Latin prognōsis (“forecast, prediction; forecast of the course and outcome of a disease”), itself borrowed from Ancient Greek πρόγνωσις (prógnōsis, “forecast of the course and outcome of a disease; (Koine) foreknowledge, perceiving beforehand, prediction”), from προ- (pro-, prefix meaning ‘before; beforehand’) + γνῶσῐς (gnôsĭs, “inquiry, investigation; knowledge”). The plural prognoses is a learned borrowing from Late Latin prognōsēs. Cognates * Middle French prognosie (“forecast, prediction”) (modern French prognosie (obsolete), prognose (“forecast of the course and outcome of a disease”)) * Sanskrit प्रज्ञा (prajñā, “intelligence, wisdom; judgment; knowledge”)
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