prognosis

[Bailey]

prog·no·sis (prg-nss)
n. pl. prog·no·ses (-sz)
1.
a. A prediction of the probable course and outcome of a disease.
b. The likelihood of recovery from a disease.
2. A forecast or prediction: a gloomy prognosis for economic recovery.



[Late Latin prognsis, from Greek, from progignskein, to foreknow : pro-, before; see pro-2 + gignskein, to know; see gn- in Indo-European roots.]

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[Perry]

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