Noun: prognosis (prognoses) próg'now-sis
- A prediction of the course of a disease
"The medical prognosis for his cancer was cautiously optimistic";
- prospect, medical prognosis
- 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