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Noun: prognosis (prognoses)  próg'now-sis
  1. A prediction of the course of a disease
    "The medical prognosis for his cancer was cautiously optimistic";
    - prospect, medical prognosis
     
  2. A prediction about how something (as the weather) will develop
    "The meteorologist gave a sunny prognosis for the weekend";
    - forecast

Derived forms: prognoses

Type of: forecasting, foretelling, medical diagnosis, prediction, prognostication

Encyclopedia: Prognosis