prognosis
noun
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Prognosis Is Not Just a Medical Term
With its prefix pro-, meaning "before", prognosis means basically "knowledge beforehand" of how a situation is likely to turn out. Prognosis was originally a strictly medical term, but it soon broadened to include predictions made by experts of all kinds. Thus, for example, economists are constantly offering prognoses (notice the irregular plural form) about where the economy is going, and climate scientists regularly prognosticate about how quickly the earth's atmosphere is warming.
Examples of prognosis in a Sentence
Cindy Krischer Goodman, Sun Sentinel, 16 May 2025
Life Expectancy Prostate cancer that becomes unresponsive to hormone therapy portends a poor prognosis (disease outcome).
—Matthew Wosnitzer, Verywell Health, 12 May 2025
Catching uterine cancer early may improve your prognosis and likelihood of treatment success.
—Carrie Madormo, Rn, Health, 13 Apr. 2025
The rub is how good is the diagnosis and prognosis by generative AI going to be.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 7 Apr. 2025
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Cite this Entry
“Prognosis.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/prognosis. Accessed 20 May. 2025.
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