prognosis

noun prog·no·sis \präg-ˈnō-səs\

: a doctor's opinion about how someone will recover from an illness or injury

: a judgment about what is going to happen in the future

plural prog·no·ses\-ˌsēz\

Full Definition of PROGNOSIS

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

: forecast, prognostication

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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

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

Medical Dictionary

prognosis

noun prog·no·sis \präg-ˈnō-səs\

plural prog·no·ses \-ˌsēz\

Medical Definition of PROGNOSIS

: the act or art of foretelling the course of a disease

: the prospect of survival and recovery from a disease as anticipated from the usual course of that disease or indicated by special features of the case <the prognosis is poor because of the accompanying cardiovascular disease—P. A. Mead et al>