prognosis

prog·no·sis

noun \präg-ˈnō-səs\

plural prog·no·ses\-ˌsēz\

Definition of PROGNOSIS

1

: the prospect of recovery as anticipated from the usual course of disease or peculiarities of the case

2

: forecast, prognostication

Examples of PROGNOSIS

1. Right now, doctors say his prognosis is good.
2. The president had a hopeful prognosis about the company's future.

Origin of PROGNOSIS

Late Latin, from Greek prognōsis, literally, foreknowledge, from progignōskein to know before, from pro- + gignōskein to know — more at know

First Known Use: 1655

Related to PROGNOSIS

Synonyms: auguring, augury, bodement, cast, forecast, forecasting, foretelling, predicting, presaging, prediction, prognostic, prognosticating, prognostication, prophecy (also prophesy), soothsaying, vaticination

Related Words: foreboding, harbinger, omen, portent, prevision, prospectus, sign; anticipation, foreknowledge; foresight; conjecture, guess, surmise

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Other Medicine Terms

analgesia, angina, diabetes, hepatitis, homeopathy, logorrhea, palliate, pandemic

Rhymes with PROGNOSIS

cirrhosis, hypnosis, kenosis, lordosis, meiosis, miosis, mitosis, narcosis, necrosis, neurosis, orthosis, osmosis, psychosis, sclerosis, stenosis, thrombosis