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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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