prognosis
1. a prediction about how something (as the weather) will develop • Syn: forecast • Derivationally related forms: forecast (for: forecast), prognostic, prognosticate • Hypernyms: prediction, foretelling, forecasting, prognostication • Hyponyms: financial forecast, weather forecast, weather outlook 2. a prediction of the course of a disease • Syn: prospect, medical prognosis • Derivationally related forms: prognostic • Hypernyms: medical diagnosis
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