prognosis

Meaning

1. A forecast of the future course or outcome of a situation based on what is presently known; a prediction.
2. A forecast of the future course or outcome of a disease or disorder based on current medical knowledge.

Synonyms

forecast

prediction

medical prognosis

presage

foresight

prospect

omen

projection

foretelling

outlook

pathology

portent

precognition

prefiguration

premonition

prescience

prevision

prognostic

prognostication

prophecy

recuperation

sign

vaticination

analysis

diagnosis

weather forecasting

aftereffects

ouverture

after-effects

augury

convalescence

determination

divination

forecasting

foreknowledge

Translations

pronostic

prognóstico

pronóstico

Prognose

prognosi

voorspelling

prognose

πρόγνωση

prévision

Vorhersage

prognose

verwachting

prognosis

pronostico

Pronounced as (IPA)

/pɹɒɡˈnəʊsɪs/

Etymology

Cognate with Middle French: prognosie

Cognate with French: prognosie

Cognate with Sanskrit: प्रज्ञा

In summary

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”)