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prognosis


  2  definitions  found 
 
  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  1.6  [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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