prognosis

Syllables: pro·gnos·is/pɹɒɡˈnəʊsɪs/US/pɹɑɡˈnoʊsɪs/

prognosis noun: a forecast of the future course or outcome of a situation based on what is presently known; a prediction.

Noun

prognosis (plural prognoses)

A forecast of the future course or outcome of a situation based on what is presently known; a prediction.
- I may say here that it is one of the evidences of original character, that it is apt to baffle all prognosis from a mere observer's standpoint.1879, Bret Harte, “‘A Tourist from Injianny’”, in An Heiress of Red Dog and Other Tales, London: Chatto & Windus, […], →OCLC, page 54
- Despite the positive, constructive aspects of the Beeching Report, the gloomy prognoses on B.R. which issued from so many commentators prior to its publication have left a widespread impression that the railway is an outdated concept.1963 September, “The Potential of a Railway”, in Modern Railways, Shepperton, Surrey: Ian Allan Publishing, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 145
A forecast of the future course or outcome of a disease or disorder based on current medical knowledge.
- Hovvbeit it is to be noted (vvhich vve hinted in the prognoſis) that the ſvvelling doth often appear critically and profitably, and thereby the ſick are recovered of their diſeaſes; […]1655, Lazarus Riverius [i.e., Lazare Rivière], “Of a Pestilential Feaver”, in Nicholas Culpeper, Abdiah Cole, and William Rowland, transl., The Practice of Physick, […], London: […] Peter Cole, […]...
- The prognosis [of measles] is unfavourable when the child is very young, when the eruption appears before the third day, or when it suddenly disappears. […] The prognosis is favourable when the gastro-pulmonary symptoms are slight, the progress of the disease is regular, and when the skin is moist...1848, John Neill, Francis Gurney Smith, “Rubeola (Measles)”, in A Handbook of the Practice of Medicine: Being a Portion of an Analytical Compend of the Various Branches of Medicine, Philadelphia...

prognosis meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Malayalam and Kannada

prognosis in Tamil

முன்கணிப்பு, வருவது உரைத்தல், நோயின் தன்மை பற்றிக் கூறுவது, நோய்முடிவு முன்கணிப்பு, முன்கூறல், முன்னறிதல்

prognosis in Malayalam

prediction, forecast, prognostication: ഭവഷ്യത്ജ്ഞാനം, രോഗനിദാനം, ഉത്ഥാനം, രോഗപൂർവ്വനിരൂപണം, രോഗഗതിയെക്കുച്ചള്ള പ്രവചനം, ഭാവിസംഭവപ്രവചനം

prognosis in Kannada

ಮುನ್ನರಿವು, ಮುನ್ನೋಟ, ಪೂರ್ವಜ್ಞತೆ, ಪೂರ್ವಸೂಚನೆ, ಮುನ್ಸೂಚನೆ

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prognosis in Thai: การพยากรณ์โรค, คำพยากรณ์โรค
prognosis in Vietnamese: chẩn đoán, dự đoán

Examples of prognosis in a sentence

If free speech is the lifeblood of democracy then the fate and the prognosis of the latter are that of the former.2008, Paul Fairfield, “Conclusion and Prognosis”, in Why Democracy?, Albany, N.Y.: State University of New York Press, →ISBN, page 123:
Once the patient has worked through the stage of grieving at diagnosis, adjustment may be successful as therapy is begun and a prognosis is determined.1986, Constance S. Kirkpatrick, Nurses’ Guide to Cancer Care, Totowa, N.J.: Rowman & Littlefield, →ISBN, page 132:

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Forms of prognosis

plural	prognoses

Plural of prognosis: prognoses

Origin of prognosis

Learned borrowing from Late Latin prognōsis (“forecast, prediction; forecast of the course and outcome of a disease”), itself borrowed from Ancient Greek πρόγνωσις (prógnōsis, “forecast of the course and outcome of a disease; (Koine) foreknowledge, perceiving beforehand, prediction”), from προ- (pro-, prefix meaning ‘before; beforehand’) + γνῶσῐς (gnôsĭs, “inquiry, investigation; knowledge”). The plural prognoses is a learned borrowing from Late Latin prognōsēs. Cognates * Middle French prognosie (“forecast, prediction”) (modern French prognosie (obsolete), prognose (“forecast of the course and outcome of a disease”)) * Sanskrit प्रज्ञा (prajñā, “intelligence, wisdom; judgment; knowledge”)

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Questions about prognosis

What does prognosis mean?: Prognosis means a forecast of the future course or outcome of a situation based on what is presently known; a prediction.
What is prognosis in Tamil?: Prognosis in Tamil is முன்கணிப்பு, வருவது உரைத்தல், நோயின் தன்மை பற்றிக் கூறுவது. See Prognosis meaning in Tamil.
How do you use prognosis in a sentence?: If free speech is the lifeblood of democracy then the fate and the prognosis of the latter are that of the former.
What part of speech is prognosis?: Prognosis is a noun.
How do you pronounce prognosis?: Prognosis is pronounced /pɹɒɡˈnəʊsɪs/ (UK).
What is the plural of prognosis?: The plural of prognosis is prognoses.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: prognosis (page history and authors); prognosis (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); prognosis (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); prognosis (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); prognosis (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated: 2026-09-02

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