Associations to the word «Prognosis»

Wiktionary

PROGNOSIS, noun. (medicine) A forecast of the future course of a disease or disorder, based on medical knowledge.
PROGNOSIS, noun. A forecast of the future course, or outcome, of a situation; a prediction.

Dictionary definition

PROGNOSIS, noun. A prediction about how something (as the weather) will develop.
PROGNOSIS, noun. A prediction of the course of a disease.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats