: of, relating to, or serving as ground for prognostication or a prognosis
prognostic weather charts
favorable prognostic signs
Examples of prognostic in a Sentence
Noun
a prognostic of a global pandemic that turned out to be distressingly accurate
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David Treuer, Harper's Magazine, 26 Oct. 2021
The prognostics became official after the 76ers rookie point guard was examined by Dr. Ben Kibler at the Medical Director of the Shoulder Center of Kentucky on Sunday.
—Keith Pompey, Philly.com, 29 Oct. 2017
Jordan King, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 June 2025
The closing line is equally prognostic; there’s even less telling these days where the game ends and real living begins.
—A.a. Dowd, Vulture, 28 Apr. 2025
Wyss-Coray anticipates this research could lead to a simple blood test that could guide prognostic work—in other words, a test that could help foretell future illness.
—Lori Youmshajekian, Scientific American, 6 Dec. 2023
Studies show this test has lower prognostic accuracy in Black women.
—Nathalie McDowell Johnson, STAT, 19 Sep. 2023
Including race in prognostic models intended to reward individual efforts can also increase disparities.
—Anirban Basu, The Conversation, 26 May 2023
Can the method be turned into a prognostic tool, inferring to what extent UWS patients are on the road to recovery?
—Christof Koch, Scientific American, 1 Nov. 2017
Look, my prognostic powers have failed me in the past, and I’ll doubtlessly be surprised again in 2023 and beyond.
—Marc Cooper, Forbes, 6 Feb. 2023
Exercising and being otherwise healthy are other good prognostic signs.
—Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 28 Dec. 2022
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Noun
What is contained in this prognostic are rules or instructions by which to predict the very season, day, and hour of death coming to one who is sick, by the signs that are here set down.
—David Treuer, Harper's Magazine, 26 Oct. 2021
The prognostics became official after the 76ers rookie point guard was examined by Dr. Ben Kibler at the Medical Director of the Shoulder Center of Kentucky on Sunday.
—Keith Pompey, Philly.com, 29 Oct. 2017
Adjective
The clinical and prognostic significance of these CMR findings is not known.
—Jordan King, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 June 2025
The closing line is equally prognostic; there’s even less telling these days where the game ends and real living begins.
—A.a. Dowd, Vulture, 28 Apr. 2025
Wyss-Coray anticipates this research could lead to a simple blood test that could guide prognostic work—in other words, a test that could help foretell future illness.
—Lori Youmshajekian, Scientific American, 6 Dec. 2023
Studies show this test has lower prognostic accuracy in Black women.
—Nathalie McDowell Johnson, STAT, 19 Sep. 2023
Including race in prognostic models intended to reward individual efforts can also increase disparities.
—Anirban Basu, The Conversation, 26 May 2023
Can the method be turned into a prognostic tool, inferring to what extent UWS patients are on the road to recovery?
—Christof Koch, Scientific American, 1 Nov. 2017
Look, my prognostic powers have failed me in the past, and I’ll doubtlessly be surprised again in 2023 and beyond.
—Marc Cooper, Forbes, 6 Feb. 2023
Exercising and being otherwise healthy are other good prognostic signs.
—Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 28 Dec. 2022
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“Prognostic.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/prognostic. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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prognostic
adjective
prog·nos·tic
präg-ˈnäs-tik 
: of, relating to, or serving as ground for a prognosis
a prognostic sign
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