prognosis
UK /pɹɒɡˈnəʊsɪs/ · US /pɹɑɡˈnoʊsɪs/ noun
Forms prognoses
- noun A forecast of the future course or outcome of a situation based on what is presently known; a prediction.
- noun (medicine) A forecast of the future course or outcome of a disease or disorder based on current medical knowledge.
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Etymology
Learned borrowing from Late Latin prognōsis (“forecast, prediction; forecast of the course and outcome of a disease”), itself borrowed from Ancient Greek πρόγνωσις (prógnōsis, “forecast of the course and outcome of a disease; (Koine) foreknowledge, perceiving beforehand, prediction”), from προ- (pro-, prefix meaning ‘before; beforehand’) + γνῶσῐς (gnôsĭs, “inquiry, investigation; knowledge”). The plural prognoses is a learned borrowing from Late Latin prognōsēs.
* Middle French prognosie (“forecast, prediction”) (modern French prognosie (obsolete), prognose (“forecast of the course and outcome of a disease”))
* Sanskrit प्रज्ञा (prajñā, “intelligence, wisdom; judgment; knowledge”)
Webster’s 1913
- noun 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.
Etymology [L., fr. Gr. Know.]
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “prognosis”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details