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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. a prediction about how something (as the weather) will develop;
[syn: prognosis, forecast]

2. a prediction of the course of a disease;
[syn: prognosis, prospect, medical prognosis]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Prognosis \Prog*no"sis\ (pr[o^]g*n[=o]"s[i^]s), n. [L., fr. Gr.
   pro`gnosis, fr. progignw`skein to know beforehand; pro`
   before + gignw`skein to know. See Know.] (Med.)
   The act or art of foretelling the course and termination of a
   disease; also, the outlook afforded by this act of judgment;
   as, the prognosis of hydrophobia is bad.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

prognosis
    n 1: a prediction about how something (as the weather) will
         develop [syn: prognosis, forecast]
    2: a prediction of the course of a disease [syn: prognosis,
       prospect, medical prognosis]