Hypertext Webster Gateway: "prognosis"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Prognosis \Prog*no"sis\, n. [L., fr. Gr. ?, fr. ? to know
beforehand; ? before + ? to know. See {Know}.] (Med.)
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
prognosis
n 1: a prediction about how something (as the weather) will
develop [syn: {forecast}]
2: a prediction of the course of a disease [syn: {prospect}, {medical
prognosis}]
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