'Prognosis' definitions:
Definition of 'prognosis'
From: WordNet
noun
A prediction about how something (as the weather) will develop [syn: prognosis, forecast]
noun
A prediction of the course of a disease [syn: prognosis, prospect, medical prognosis]
Definition of 'Prognosis'
From: GCIDE
- Prognosis \Prog*no"sis\ (pr[o^]g*n[=o]"s[i^]s), n. [L., fr. Gr. pro`gnosis, fr. progignw`skein to know beforehand; pro` before + gignw`skein 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. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'prognosis'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- action,
- actuarial prediction,
- apocalypse,
- award,
- cast,
- condemnation,
- consideration,
- decision,
- decree,
- deliverance,
- determination,
- diagnosis,
- dictum,
- doom,
- finding,
- foreboding,
- forecast,
- forecasting,
- foreshowing,
- foresight,
- foretelling,
- guesswork,
- improbability,
- omen,
- order,
- precedent,
- prediction,
- prefiguration,
- prefigurement,
- prefiguring,
- presage,
- presaging,
- presentiment,
- preshowing,
- presignifying,
- prevision,
- probability,
- prognostic,
- prognostication,
- projection,
- promise,
- pronouncement,
- prophecy,
- prophesying,
- prospectus,
- resolution,
- ruling,
- sentence,
- sign,
- soothsay,
- speculation,
- statistical prediction,
- symptom,
- vaticination,
- verdict,
- weird