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prognostic

Syllabification: (prog·nos·tic)
Pronunciation: /prägˈnästik/
Definition of prognostic

adjective

  • serving to predict the likely outcome of a disease or ailment; of or relating to a medical prognosis.

noun

archaic
  • an advance indication or portent of a future event:a one-banded caterpillar is considered a prognostic of a mild winter

Derivatives

prognostically

Pronunciation: /-ik(ə)lē/
adverb

Origin:

late Middle English: from Latin prognosticus, from Greek prognōstikos, from prognōsis (see prognosis)

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